Considering that it is only today that we are dealing with a Commission proposal first made on 19 March 1998, even though Parliament responded relatively quickly, this time lag is a little too long.
1	Considering	consider	VERB	V	VerbForm=Ger	36	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	CS	_	4	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PE	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	B	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	today	today	ADV	B	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	CS	_	10	mark	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PE	Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	dealing	deal	VERB	V	VerbForm=Ger	4	ccomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	E	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Commission	commission	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
14	proposal	proposal	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	B	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	made	make	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	acl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	E	_	18	case	_	_
18	19	19	NUM	N	NumType=Card	16	obl	_	_
19	March	March	PROPN	SP	_	18	flat	_	_
20	1998	1998	NUM	N	NumType=Card	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	10	punct	_	_
22	even	even	ADV	B	_	25	advmod	_	_
23	though	though	SCONJ	CS	_	25	mark	_	_
24	Parliament	parliament	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	responded	respond	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
26	relatively	relatively	ADV	B	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	quickly	quickly	ADV	B	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	1	punct	_	_
29	this	this	DET	DD	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
30	time	time	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
31	lag	lag	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
33	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	little	little	ADV	B	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	too	too	ADV	B	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	long	long	ADV	B	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	36	punct	_	_
