24/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner Pascal Lamy considers "concerning the lack of movement" in Geneva in the preparation for the next round of negotiations over the liberalisation of world trade. During his meeting, on Thursday, with representatives from civil society, Mr Lamy said he was "conscious of the fact that we must remain realistic in our aims" and ready to show flexibility and creative spirit over the way in which the deal with certain issue that are less acceptable, such as investment, competition and the environment, so long as they are at least broached. For the EU, Mr Lamy called in favour on a common trade policy "more effective and responsible", were qualified majority and codecision with the European Parliament are the rule, under penalty of making the EU "a dwarf on the international scene (…) others could divide us to better reign".s