Brussels, 03/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Next Monday's General Affairs Council is expected to formally endorse the European Commission proposed strategy for relaunching negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda on 15 December in Geneva at the highest level of the World Trade Organisation. The General Affairs Council insists that the Union is expecting a constructive attitude "and the necessary flexibility" of all the parties for getting out of the impasse and lead the round to a successful conclusion. The draft declaration from the informal debate on Tuesday indicates that this will involve a second draft to which Coreper may still add some adjustment on Friday; that the negotiating team could provide itself with the room for manoeuvre that it has asked for, without in any way going beyond the mandate given to it by Member States. "The Council endorses the analysis of the Commission and the approach it has chosen to explore, as demonstrated by the informal debate on the Singapore questions (EUROPE yesterday on page 8). The 25 have even come out in its support and have reasserted that: the EU commitment in a multilateral approach for trade policy remains unchanged and is a crucial priority in external relations; the EU expresses its conviction that the Declaration of Doha is still relevant and that continuing negotiations is fully justified; the fundamental EU objectives in all areas, such as defined in the conclusions of October 1999 and revised and reaffirmed in the other conclusions of the Council, remain valid; the EU is in favour of an early relaunch of the DDA and is determined to participate in a constructive and active way in the efforts to this goal. It underlines that the EU is expecting all members of the WTO to act in the same sprit and demonstrate that they are prepared to reflect upon their own approaches and come back to the negotiating table with the required flexibility to show their commitment to take up negotiations constructively. In the hope that an constructive attitude is displayed by all parties, the Council is encouraging the Commission to explore its new ideas, which imply a substantial repositioning from the EU , notably on Singapore and calls on the Commission to continue to work closely with Member States. the declaration asserts that the Commission will also have to report back to the Council, when necessary, to assess the situation in light of the result from the explorations and efforts that have been made by other members of the WTO.