3. Regrets that ele
ments pertaining to legislative proposals have been discussed and decided upon by the European Council instead of being negotiated and agreed on at the level of the appropriate Council formation and the comm
ittee responsible; stresses that the Council has ignored Parliament in its role of co-legislator, in particular with regard to the Youth Employment Initiative; reminds the European Council that under the Treaty provisions it has no legislative powers; thus, warns that both co-legislators m
...[+++]ust avoid in the future any shift of legislative powers to the European Council;