Kurt Lechner, rapporteur. – (DE) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are voting on a regulation which will bring major benefits for all European citizens who have assets in another country or who do not live in their native country, for example, people who are not Belgian and live in Brussels. In future, they will be able to plan their succession sensibly and with legal certainty, which will significantly simplify matters for their heirs. I would like to thank everyone involved, the Council and the Commission for working together so effectively. Finally, I would like to make the following very serious remark. I hope that we all have many years or even decades before we are affected by the improvements in this regulation. Let us hope that we all stay healthy.

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