asked the Taoiseach if he will publish for the benefit of Members and the public the report of the study committee on the subject of cooperation in the field of higher education and research referred to in the Bonn Declaration on Cultural Cooperation of the 18th July 1961.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Resolution on Political Co-operation between the Member States of the European Communities.
The European Parliament,
Having noted the results of the first conference of heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs which took place in Paris on 10 and 11 February 1961,
Considers
(i) that periodic meetings of the heads of Government or of the Ministers responsible for the foreign policy of the Member States of the European Communities can help to strengthen such co-operation usefully and to the best effect;
(ii) that such an arrangement would constitute a step forward in the integration of Europe—
(a) if it provided for participation by the Executives of the Communities in the discussion of any question concerning the fulfilment of their tasks;
(b) if it does not encroach upon the functioning or the competences of these Communities and their Institutions under the Treaties of Rome and Paris, and if it strengthens these Communities;
(c) if the Governments report to the Parliament at least once a year on the state of political co-operation;
(d) if it helped to translate into practice the European Parliament's draft convention on direct European elections, the proposal to merge the Executives of the Communities and the proposal for the establishment of the European University;
requests the Governments to define the stages of the progressive establishment of a close political union, by specifying the duration of these stages and more particularly of the last, in order to arrive, according to the plan of the Community, at a minimum European political structure, functional and living;
considers that the objectives set out in the preceding paragraphs constitute a balanced whole and desires that the question of putting them into effect should be decided at the same time;
instructs its President to bring the text of this resolution to the notice of the next intergovernmental conference.
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I understand that the report referred to has not been published and is not likely to be published.