C'est la raison pour laquelle je désire adresser mes remerciements aux représentants du Conseil, à la présidence portugaise également, mais aussi, pour les dernières étapes, à la présidence française, à la Commission et à tous mes collègues de la commission de conciliation.
That is why I would like to say a word of thanks to the representatives of the Council, as well as to the Portuguese Presidency, which had a role to play, and also to the French Presidency, the Commission and the members of the conciliation committee, who were involved at the last stage.