translate English to French: The activities of the Assembly’s committees were vital to the interests of citizens and he hoped to give committees enough opportunity to bring their activities on to the floor of the Assembly to allow them to be catalysts of change.
Je me félicite également que le Traité de Lisbonne réformant l’Union européenne ait ouvert la voie à l’adhésion de cette institution à notre Convention européenne des Droits de l’Homme.