President. – The next item is Question Time (B6-0138/2007).

The following questions have been submitted to the Council:

Question No 1 by Manuel Medina Ortega (H-0517/07)

Subject: Global approach to immigration

In the light of the conclusions of the General Affairs Council held in Luxembourg on 17 and 18 June 2007 concerning the extension and consolidation of the global approach to immigration, as well as the problems posed by the implementation of permanent intergovernmental cooperation measures in this field, what measures could the Council envisage with a view to developing more effective Union policies, including, notably, real decision-making powers for the Commission or Frontex in such matters as establishing pilot association projects?