Strasbourg, 13/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Wednesday 12 December, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Commission's work programme for 2008. This programme puts the emphasis particularly on growth and jobs, sustainable development, climate change, energy, migration, better legislation and the strengthening of Europe's role as a world partner. As had already been shown in the debate on this same subject at the November plenary session (se EUROPE 9542), MEPs support the general thrust, but they make further demands. Thus, the resolution asks the Commission to be “more ambitious” in its initiatives aimed at securing fundamental rights, freedom, justice and social inclusion. To support economic growth, the EP invites the Commission to place particular emphasis on the timely and coherent implementation of the services directive, and in particular “to implement effective points of single contact to promote access to the single market”. The EP also wants the review of the telecoms package to be a priority for 2008, along with an integrated and liberalised internal energy market. It also wants the Commission not to sacrifice the social dimension of the Lisbon strategy, while asking for stronger action to take forward the directive on part-time working, and calling for effective review of the working time directive. MEPs welcome the Commission's “ambitious proposals” on climate change. Another area where the EP would like to see further initiatives is combating human trafficking and illegal immigration. MEPs are also surprised that the Commission work programme makes no mention of the future PNR (passenger name records) system and call for enhanced operational cooperation at EU level in combating terrorism. In external relations, the Parliament welcomes the fact that the Commission's work programme emphasises the need to pursue the process of enlargement and it makes the Western Balkans a “priority region”. (H.B.)