- abolish the system that activates the buying-in of butter when market prices fall below 92% of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks: cumbersome to manage, this system has also outlived its usefulness and should be replaced by a mechanism that allows buying-in at a lower price for a longer period during the year;
Ievadot Portugāles prezidenta uzrunu, Eiropas Parlamenta priekšsēdētājs Hans -Gert PÖTTERING uzsvēra, ka līdzšinējās Portugāles ES Padomes prezidentūras programmas bijušas ambiciozas — piemēram, atceroties vien Lisabonas stratēģiju.