111. Notes that the EEAS is in its ‘building-up’ phase; highlights that according to the Council’s decision of 20 July 2010, ‘the establishment of the EEAS should be guided by the principle of cost-efficiency aiming towards budget neutrality’ ; stresses the need for the new service to be provided with sufficient funds to allow the EU to fulfil its goals and role as a global player; stresses accordingly, the need for the new service to fully exploit efficiency gains deriving from the pooling of resources at Union level as well as synergies with Member States, avoiding duplications, existing or potential overlaps, inconsistencies and in ...[+++]coherencies and leading to cuts and savings in all national budgets, demonstrating thus the true added value of the Union’s diplomacy;

112. Notes that the EEAS is in its ‘building-up’ phase; highlights that according to the Council's decision of 26 July 2010, ‘the establishment of the EEAS should be guided by the principle of cost-efficiency aiming towards budget neutrality’ ; stresses the need for the new service to be provided with sufficient funds to allow the EU to fulfil its goals and role as a global player; stresses accordingly, the need for the new service to fully exploit efficiency gains deriving from the pooling of resources at Union level as well as synergies with Member States, avoiding duplications, existing or potential overlaps, inconsistencies and in ...[+++]coherencies and leading to cuts and savings in all national budgets, demonstrating thus the true added value of the Union's diplomacy;

45. Notes with satisfaction the increasingly peaceful and stable situation in Kosovo and the efforts to build a multi-ethnic society, as demonstrated by the calm and orderly local elections held on 15 November 2009; is aware that not all Member States have recognised the independence of Kosovo; welcomes the fact that the EULEX rule of law mission in Kosovo, which is the largest civilian CSDP mission launched so far by the EU, is working at full operational capacity on the basis of the United Nations‘ status-neutral approach; underlines the mission's importance in promoting inter-ethnic reconciliation, the rule of law, public ...[+++]order and security throughout the whole of Kosovo, by assisting the Kosovo institutions, judicial authorities and law enforcement agencies in their progress towards sustainability and accountability; in this respect, welcomes the decision to open a new EU office in the north; however, notes the need to increase the number of prosecutors working in EULEX, and calls on the Member States to provide additional personnel;

Where such other stakeholders are put in charge of leading the development of criteria, they must demonstrate expertise in the product area, as well as the ability to lead the process with neutrality and in line with the aims of this Regulation. In this regard, consortiums consisting of more than one interest group shall be favoured.

They will continue to be paid by the government, but they will have to demonstrate neutrality in carrying out their duties, and the documents they fill out will have to be available to all political parties.

RCMP officers, allegedly acting under direct orders of the Prime Minister and his office, ensured that the demonstrators were neutralized.