As for the relationship between the ESF and the European Employment Strategy I wish to state that, broadly speaking, both are satisfactorily incorporated in the proposal for a regulation on the ESF. ###>Depuis toujours, je suis persuadé que le champ d’ application du FSE devrait être aussi large que possible, car il s’ agit d’ un instrument destiné à aider les personnes, quelles que soient leurs origines.