Pino Arlacchi (S&D), in writing. - I voted for this report as the development of relations between European Parliament and national parliaments is of essential importance. The resulting exchange of information is enabling the national parliaments to provide the EP with sounder evaluations and the EP to adopt decisions on the basis of broad consensus. This is ought to make it easier for European provisions to be transposed into national law rapidly and effectively by the national parliaments. Another important aspect is the so-called 'European mainstreaming' within the national parliaments, where European awareness can be achieved much more effectively by the national parliaments than by the European Parliament.