European Parliament 9 March 2005, European Parliament resolution on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy

23. Recognises that the work of the relevant committee is in many ways different from that of the other parliamentary committees, since it addresses many issues independently, by means of external advice and with contributions from individual citizens, deals with a large number subjects submitted to it by the Presi- dent or the plenary, and often settles issues without further contribution by