We had the Bureau meeting all afternoon and because of a heavy agenda, late into the evening. Despite the length and some passionate discussions, the meeting went well. From my point of view as SG it went particularly well because the Bureau appointed by a large majority a new Director for the new Directorate of Consultative Works in the new establishment plan for the Committee. Little-by-little, we are moving to a full implementation of that new establishment plan (I had always promised to implement it gradually). The new Director, Alan Hick, is somebody who knows the Committee and its consultative function like the back of his hand and he can clearly play an important role in reinforcing that consultative function in the context of the new Parliament, the new Commission and – who knows? – maybe a new Treaty…
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