Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission is discussing this issue right now but it will be very surprising if its work is completed today. I am basically here to speak to you, as indicated by your agenda, on a new initiative which the Commission is proposing as just one of its responses to the major challenge of institutional reform."
Monsieur le Président, Mesdames, Messieurs les Députés, la Commission est en ce moment même en cours de débat et il s' en faut de beaucoup pour que ses travaux soient aujourd' hui terminés.