Herr talman, fru kommissionsledamot, ärade ledamöter! Konflikten i Tjetjenien orsakar alltjämt instabilitet i norra Kaukasien. ###>However much you may laugh, all we can do is engage in debate and dialogue with people and to discuss factual matters before linking them to the constitutional solutions that are necessary if we are to obtain a more open, more democratic and more efficient Europe.