Westendorps og Lagendijks betænkninger om forslag til forordninger om henholdsvis rammeprogrammet og Det Europæiske Genopbygningsagentur giver anledning til at understrege, at Den Europæiske Union agter at yde en ganske betydelig bistand til de østlige Balkanstater med henblik på at fremme stabiliserings- og associeringsprocessen.
Examination of the reports by Mr Westendorp y Cabeza and Mr Lagendijk on proposals for a Regulation concerning a framework programme on the one hand, and the European Agency for Reconstruction on the other, provide us with an opportunity to assess the scale of the support that the Union intends to give the Western Balkans in relation to the Stabilisation and Association Process.