Jeg vil gerne, hr. formand, i min egenskab af ordfører for Udenrigsudvalget sige, at jeg godt kunne have tænkt mig en mere håndfast forpligtelse fra Kommissionens side med hensyn til den tidsplan, som ordføreren anmoder om i sin betænkning, for 10 års forhandlinger, hr. formand, er lang tid til forhandling af en aftale, der, som ordføreren og kommissæren har mindet om, er en aftale om politisk associering, økonomisk koordinering og samarbejde.
In my capacity as draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr President, I would like to say that I would have liked to have obtained a firmer commitment from the Commission with regard to the timetable called for by the rapporteur in his report because ten years is a long time to be negotiating an agreement which, as the rapporteur and the Commissioner have pointed out, is an agreement on political association, economic coordination and cooperation.