Resolution on the draft statute for Members of the European Parliament

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Member's Statute. Parliament stated that it was appropriate to wind up the procedure for adoption of the Statute. Members cited the opinion adopted by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market for the President of the European Parliament presenting the key elements of the Statute. It asked the Commission to take a position on that document. Parliament went on to calls on the Council to bring to a conclusion the dialogue with the European Parliament, at the level of Heads of State or Government, on the practical arrangements which will lead to its adoption. Finally, Parliament asked its Bureau, in the light of this draft, to prepare rules on the reimbursement of expenses which should enter into force simultaneously with the Statute.�