Det arbejdsprogram er centralt for de fremtidige forbindelser mellem Parlamentet og Kommissionen. Men programmet kan ikke gennemføres i et scenarium med interinstitutionelle konfrontationer, hvor Kommissionen fordømmes eller censureres, som nogle politiske grupper allerede har tilkendegivet, at de ønsker, eller ganske enkelt hvis Kommissionen stod i en endnu svagere position end i dag i resten af sin embedsperiode.
This work programme is the key to the future relations between Parliament and the Commission, but it cannot be implemented in a context of interinstitutional confrontation in which the Commission is condemned or censured - as certain political groups have already said they want to see happen - or, simply, in which the Commission is in a weaker position for what remains of its mandate than it is in today.