Terry Reintke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. – Mr President, giving support to Member States in the implementation of structural funds and for structural reforms might sound like a very technical matter, but it is in fact deeply political, because, in times of crisis when in some Member States the Structural Funds have become almost the only source of public investment, the way in which this money will be spent becomes absolutely crucial. Yes, this proposal could have been shaped as a powerful instrument to say to these Member States: you go through difficult times and we will support you. Unfortunately, this chance has been missed. For my Group, this proposal is far too unspecific in the aims it should reach for Member States, and could thus become a tool to impose unwanted structural reforms in the Member States rather than supporting Member States in difficult situations. We would have liked to reach a proposal that would empower Member States in distress, a hope that was unfortunately not met in the trilogues.