The first step will be a preparatory meeting in Rome. The central theme is how cooperation between speakers and parliaments can be developed even further. This is very concrete work. Also in this sense, the tasks of the Speaker have become different. Another new aspect of the work is responsibility for ensuring that practical matters are efficiently taken care of and contacts function.
Delegations come and go and everything has to proceed smoothly.
Now the Speaker and the Deputy Speakers have to have completely new properties, and indeed the same applies to all Members of Parliament. We in Finland are putting more resources into training than ever before. For example, languages are being taught to a growing degree. One sees that in our work. We certainly have no reason to be ashamed of ourselves.