Forbundskansler Schröder og statsminister Lipponen sendte i marts et fælles brev til deres kolleger, hvorefter vi har rejst rundt i medlemslandenes hovedstæder for at kortlægge medlemslandenes tanker om hovedpunkter og målsætninger for mødets dagsorden.
Chancellor Schröder and the Finnish Prime Minister, Mr Lipponen, sent a jointly signed letter to their colleagues in March, since which time we have been collecting ideas from Member States drafted in their capital cities on the meeting' s agenda, its aims and its main areas of focus.