Those same companies are the first to adopt new initiatives of all types, including green ones.

So the question is, why has the Portuguese Presidency not adopted initiatives to ensure that a proposal would be put forward with due haste?

Greater democracy means guaranteeing full authority to adopt legislation and initiatives to the peoples' elected representatives.

In this context, I believe that it is crucial to adopt initiatives and concrete actions that will give the objectives agreed upon some real substance.

I wish to ask whether you will be adopting initiatives to achieve this?

Now, you have a year in which to make it capable of adopting decisive initiatives.

However, there is an urgent need to adopt initiatives in this part of the world, where the Union should have a far greater presence.

We cannot, however, continue to adopt separate new initiatives without a comprehensive master plan for the EU's border strategy.

Therefore, the Commission needs to adopt further initiatives so as to provide immediate and direct assistance to local and regional authorities.