This increase in production occurred both in France and in Italy.

Mr Tindemans. (FR) Belgium has held the Presidency since 1 January.

I would like to expand on this.

I would add something further.

And I would add a cautionary note here, however.

Or likewise, if I had our number line, and you probably don't need this review, but it never hurts.

And there's one other point I want to make. And this is a little bit more complex.

I want to add a third element. I want to add model.

As a Parliament we wanted to complete our experi ence.

I would also like to say one other thing.

We therefore support the proposal for opening an office in New Delhi as an appropriate step towards better mutual understanding at a human level.

That is a point related to my first one, which gives me some cause for concern.

They are not responsible for it, generally speaking.

I wish to add some points.

But I will add something else.

There is, however, something I would like to add.

I may want to add to the message.

I want to add a third element. I want to add model.

Now, however, that the ceiling on own resources is so close, this lack of coordination takes on a new dimension and it is quite simply not acceptable.

What does an increase in the budget matter if expenditure is offset by greater benefits?

There is one thing I would add to that.

I would also raise the question of portfolio straddling.

However, I would like to add one point.

Is Switzerland, for instance, entitled to take protective measures against France, because France actually has a major trading surplus with Switzerland?

The motion for a resolution will be put to the vote at the next voting time.

I would make one final suggestion.

President. I call Mr Patterson.

I would like to add the following if you will allow me.

I would also add our own mother tongue to the equation.

In fact it has already had effects.

Members of this Parliament are fairly familiar by now, I think, with the positions taken.

Mr President, I would like to add a footnote to the discussion.

Chairman. The dummy run proved not to be a dummy run.

I would only add that, of course, it is not only a ques tion of that.

I must admit that Mr Clinton's report has a certain number of positive aspects.

Consequently, I would suggest that it will not take us very far.

Mr Tindemans cannot be angry with the journalists alone he himself, in speaking to us here, chose to say more about what must be done in the future than about what has been done in the past six months.

Our committee has already received a report on flood prevention in Europe, but that is not enough.

In this regard, I will add two decisive points.

Yes, I mentioned something during the investigation, but nothing's been done about it.

This is why my group will support Mrs Barbarella's report which calls for 500 million ECU to be spent as proposed in the Commission's preliminary draft.

However, in the case of other budgetary headings the Council is slow in taking decisions.

Mr Marshall (ED). Can I say that I regard the Commissioner's answer as exceptionally feeble.

I should like to quickly make the following points.

This statement practically leaves everything open, and that is something we do not approve of.