European governance

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Max VAN DEN BERG (PES, NL) on European Governance. (Please see the summary dated 06/11/03.) On the question of global governance, Parliament also felt that the recent failure of the WTO Conference in Cancun demonstrated the need to reform the rules, procedures and decision-making mechanisms of the WTO. Such reform would create a more efficient, transparent and democratic organisation in which a parliamentary dimension must comprise an important element. The Commission is asked to make proposals to this end.�