MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

4 March 2004

further to the Council and Commission statements
pursuant to Rule 37(2) of the Rules of Procedure
by Enrique Barón Crespo, Klaus Hänsch, Giorgio Napolitano and Richard Corbett
on behalf of the PSE Group
on the preparation of the European Council on 25-26 March in Brussels

B5‑0118/2004

European Parliament resolution on the preparation of the European Council on 25-26 March in Brussels

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, drawn up by the European Convention,

–  having regard to Rule 37(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

1.  Makes a solemn appeal to the European Council of 25-26 March to decide on the immediate resumption of the Intergovernmental Conference, in order to reach a conclusion prior to the European elections on the basis of the draft constitutional Treaty put forward by the Convention, and without changing its fundamental balance;

2.  Calls on the Irish Presidency to take all the necessary steps to break the current deadlock, and fully supports any initiative that would allow the positive conclusion of the Intergovernmental Conference;

3.  Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Commission, the Intergovernmental Conference and the governments of the Member States and accession states.