– Mr President, Mr Alavanos asks an important question on a subject that has, moreover, always been of interest to me because, as he knows, I was minister for the environment in my own country and, as you will see from our proposals for the future cohesion policy that we will be tabling next week, I continue to attach great importance to environmental issues. ###>Cette tâche, qui est très importante et qui va presque, dirais -je, de soi, relève de la responsabilité des États membres.