Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I should like to thank Mr Pirker for this excellent initiative and to express my support for the positions that he has already adopted."
Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Président du Conseil, Monsieur le Commissaire, chers collègues, premièrement, je voudrais féliciter notre collègue Hubert Pirker pour cette excellente initiative et soutenir ses positions.