Although this, too, is a sensible course of action, let me observe, as regards the last three points I have mentioned, that it was always the Council that made the request, and always had very good reasons of policy for doing so. ###>Je souhaite cependant faire remarquer, relativement aux trois derniers points que je viens de mentionner, que c’est toujours le Conseil qui en a fait la demande et qu’il avait de très bonnes raisons politiques de le faire.