I would also like to say a few words about the pre-accession funds.

This means we are no longer in the pre-accession phase.

I note the point she makes about a pre-accession programme which could have been a useful idea.

All this has to be blamed on the pre-accession process.

These countries do not yet qualify for a pre-accession agreement.

To be sure, this country, like other countries, needs pre-accession support which is both positive and productive.

I think we should also consider all these matters with a view to our pre-accession strategies.

This is particularly true of pre-accession aid, which we feel could raise serious problems in the near future.

However, this was not the case with regard to pre-accession aid.

Future projects must be more in keeping with the pre-accession strategy.

For our part this involves living up to the pre-accession strategy.

All these financial resources are designed to support implementation of the pre-accession strategy.

In our pre-accession assistance we are already moving from reconstruction to economic development.

The pre-accession strategy for Turkey is showing the first positive results.

As you know, we are giving these programmes very substantial support by means of pre-accession instruments.

Which is indeed why in my text I proposed to offer them a pre-accession agreement.

Enlargement is already the issue here. We are clearly talking about a pre-accession situation.

I do not think that it makes much sense at the moment to talk about topping up pre-accession aid.

The next point to attract our attention relates to pre-accession aid.

The pre-accession strategy should be backed up, naturally, by additional financial support.

That process, thanks to the pre-accession strategy which has been put in place, already makes the applicant countries part of our common family.

It is important to adopt a common position on structural and pre-accession funding policy.

We have a special interest in the pre-accession phase in those countries.

To what extent can this kind of pre-accession strategy be described as being based on partnership?

This is not to be assessed over the next ten years but rather on a daily basis, usually within the pre-accession strategy process.