Mr President, Commissioner, as proof that this Parliament has not yet overcome its role as a consultative and subordinate institution, the excellent report by a fellow member of my Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, has not been able to reach plenary sitting because the plans for regional development for the period 2000-2006 for Objective 1 regions have been sitting in the Commission's offices for several months.
1	Mr	mister	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	41	vocative	_	_
2	President	president	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	1	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Commissioner	commissioner	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	41	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	4	punct	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	E	_	7	case	_	_
7	proof	proof	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	CS	_	14	mark	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DD	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	Parliament	parliament	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	PART	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	yet	yet	ADV	B	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	overcome	overcome	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl	_	_
15	its	its	DET	AP	Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	role	role	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	E	_	22	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	consultative	consultative	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	subordinate	subordinate	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
22	institution	institution	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	7	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	excellent	excellent	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	report	report	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
27	by	by	ADP	E	_	30	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	fellow	fellow	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
30	member	member	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	E	_	33	case	_	_
32	my	my	DET	AP	Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	Group	group	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	30	punct	_	_
35	Elisabeth	Elisabeth	PROPN	SP	_	30	appos	_	_
36	Schroedter	Schroedter	PROPN	SP	_	35	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	26	punct	_	_
38	has	have	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
39	not	not	PART	PART	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
40	been	be	AUX	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	41	cop	_	_
41	able	able	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
42	to	to	PART	PART	_	43	mark	_	_
43	reach	reach	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	41	xcomp	_	_
44	plenary	plenary	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	sitting	sitting	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	because	because	SCONJ	CS	_	64	mark	_	_
47	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	plans	plan	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	64	nsubj	_	_
49	for	for	ADP	E	_	51	case	_	_
50	regional	regional	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	development	development	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	E	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	period	period	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
55	2000	2000	NUM	N	NumType=Card	54	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	-	-	PUNCT	FF	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	2006	2006	NUM	N	NumType=Card	55	nummod	_	_
58	for	for	ADP	E	_	61	case	_	_
59	Objective	objective	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
60	1	1	NUM	N	NumType=Card	59	nummod	_	_
61	regions	region	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
62	have	have	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux	_	_
63	been	be	AUX	VA	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	64	aux	_	_
64	sitting	sit	VERB	V	VerbForm=Ger	41	advcl	_	_
65	in	in	ADP	E	_	69	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	Commission	commission	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	's	's	PART	PART	_	67	case	_	_
69	offices	office	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	64	obl	_	_
70	for	for	ADP	E	_	72	case	_	_
71	several	several	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	months	month	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	41	punct	_	_
