Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Mr President, I should like to begin by expressing my thanks to the Commission, to Commissioner Reding and to the members of all the relevant parliamentary committees for their wholehearted cooperation, and also to the Council under the Portuguese and now the French presidency for their cooperation during this stage of the legislative process."
Monsieur le Président, je voudrais tout d' abord remercier d' une part la Commission, Mme la commissaire Reding et mes collègues de toutes les commissions concernées pour leur collaboration extraordinaire et, d' autre part, le Conseil, la présidence portugaise et maintenant la présidence française pour leur collaboration jusqu' ici.