we know very well that the current treaties are not enough and that it will be necessary in the future to develop a more effective and different structure for the union , a more constitutional structure which indicates clearly which are competences of the member states and which are competences of the union .
messages of concern first of all in front of the economic and social difficulties that we cross , and this in spite of a sustained high growth , fruit of years of efforts on behalf of all our fellow-citizens .
the current situation , particularly unbearable for a number of independent haulage companies and for agriculture , must be improved .
to find an agreement on the processes is a good thing in oneself , but it should be taken care that this system cannot be used as political deterrent force .
they also have now a clear vision of the rights which they must respect .
i am in agreement with his warning against the return , which tries some , to the intergovernmental methods .
we are much to want a federation of states nations .
the rapporteurs underlined the quality of the discussion and also the need to go further . of course , i can only join them .
i also thank all those which pleasantly reproached me for not having made this speech earlier . these , i will answer that for making a speech , it is necessary to learn , to know , to evaluate the involved forces , because the political speech must always be realistic and close to reality and the objectives that we fix ourselves .
i would like that one starts from this co-operation reinforced to give some examples of the new european potentiality .
the vote will take place with 12h30 today .
the commission cannot accept amendment 12 .
i will vote in favour of the draft regulation .
besides the reports/ratios of the court of auditors european do not cease raising these undervaluations , of greece in portugal .
consequently , we did not vote for this report/ratio .
according to defenders' of these buses , the latter are not only cheaper and can be used the world scale , but they are also more ecological because their fuel consumption per passenger is less low .
the role of the "benchmarking" as regards diffusion good practices through the eu is also underlined .
a constraining and total charter , enumerating rights which should absolutely be respected , risk to raise difficulties at a later stage .
i thank them both for their formidable engagement .
we do not think however that this dialogue can already be completed in nice in less than 3 months , and this only reason is enough to explain our refusal to accept the proposal aiming at registering the charter in the treaties at the time of the summit of nice .
group csu in the european parliament is delighted that this project of charter of the basic rights gathers and makes visible the basic rights available to the citizens with respect to the bodies and institutions of the eu .
it is with the image of liberal europe which builds itself .
indeed , i would have wished a gel of this charter so that one can continue to work it , as nongovernmental organizations of various convention countries propose it enormously .
(a5-0248/00) of mr . queiró , on hungary (com (1999) 505 - c5-0028/2000 - 1997/2175 (cos)) ;
i would like also to thus propose to you that the parliament does not present any more , the next year , with general report/ratio but is satisfied with national reports/ratios to show that we stick to a continuation differentiated from the negotiations .
it seems to me then that , on the basis of work which was begun by the preceding presidencies and the commission , the french presidency will be in measurement , at least i hope for it , to give , at the time of the european council of nice , a rather precise sight of the process of adhesion .
i said it and i do not have any evil to repeat it here , the french presidency will not elude any the difficulties which arise , which does not mean , of course , that we will have time and the means of treating each one of them .
this question is , of course , perfectly legitimates , but it is necessary to answer it in a correct and precise way .
widening is a vast prospect which we must approach with much generosity and vision .
all the results of the intergovernmental conference would not answer the gigantic pressure that widening as regards adaptation exerts .
the second major change to which we assist and to which europe must adapt is the acceleration striking down of the economic evolution towards a world market and a world competition .
fourthly: it rises from that the principle that the states having started the process later are likely good to catch up with those which started earlier .
in the fields where considerable and long-term investments are necessary to arrive at the standards of the eu , it would be necessary to keep in mind that the current members also have them , in such cases , requested long transitory times .
as regards safety of the borders and fight against criminality also intervene our standards and the advantages of the european co-operation .
let us look at trade that there is currently between the european union and the central european countries and eastern .
i was content that the police chief finally starts to speak to inform the population for him to say that fears about which one spoke did not have a raison d'être .
but a thing clear - and i are delighted that mr . verheugen once again underlined it: there cannot be transitory time as regards compliance with the democratic rules .
on this point , we need the assistance for the commission , bus even if the will is there , the ammunition are sometimes lacking .
it is essential so that we can , as european union , to fix us the objectives to conclude our clean reform interns .
however , we do not agree with certain essential aspects and questions .
that carries damage to the european union , its future independent compared to north america and also to a policy of defense and european common safety , since that creates risks with russia and other countries .
we hope that there will be results and that one will not have to return to another intergovernmental conference what must be made so that widening can take place .
i will be short , as i already was it besides , since i left three minutes of my speaking time at the time of my first intervention .
it is very important and , from this point of view , i am happy that the commission works in an information campaign which the verheugen police chief wants at the same time broad and decentralized .
but - and it will be my last word because i want to be made well include/understand: i am not a pessimist on the matter , i do not play "small arm" , i want an option strong with respect to widening - to be credible , it is also necessary to be serious , it is also necessary to be included/understood , it is also necessary to be able to collect the adhesion of the people , of the people of the applicant countries like our people .
for the hour , i do not see any need for discussing the financial prospects with regard to widening .
i can say it to you in connection with none of them !
it is besides for the same reason that they also expressed seen to adhere to the european union .
we now will give the word to the various rapporteurs .
i saw myself entrusting the work of rapporteur in connection with estonia .
as a member of the moderated party , i am extremely sparing when it acts of the money of the taxpayers .
then only , it seems to me , could you have an idea of what the latvians achieved during last years .
that is not enough ; the whole of the strategy must be more turned towards the citizens .
lithuania has an appreciable potential of durable economic growth .
to the full extent , that touches with the co-operation of the european union with the federation of russia .
i come from there now at the other weak point: the support of the public opinion , inside and outside the european union .
in consequence of an intelligent tax policy , the foreign direct investments were assembled , last year , with more than 5 ,45 billion euros .
us do not should involve us , especially not us others , german !
the slovak democracy develops in a stable way , which was not always the case .
i propose , in this intervention , to underline and take again the six aspects of the evolution of the hungarian situation , which deserve to be put forward from the point of view of adhesion at the european union .
i am satisfied to note that this topic was considered in the general report/ratio on the widening presented by mr . brok .
it is also and especially the case in the nuclear field , where the legitimate concerns in connection with nuclear and environmental safety are likely to be exploited by the antinuclear lobby .
the formation of a group on high level is a measurement which i recommend to my colleagues .
the report/ratio that i have the honor to subject to you and which was also adopted unanimously in committee , notes that the part of the territory controlled by the legal authority fills the political criteria of copenhagen .
for this purpose , a key role will return , without damage obviously of the clean role of the commission , with our top representing for the pesc , mr . javier solana .
however , the principal problem to which malta must face is that the government and the opposition judge the process of adhesion differently and that the european union is attached to the fluidity of this process .
even between the usa and mexico , the levels are closer . this is why we decide , in the field of the domestic market , for a reflected , flexible strategy and with the measurement of the challenge .
but that it is also allowed to me to say my respect for the citizens of the central european country and eastern which had courage , ten years ago , to go down in the street and which contributed to set in motion this process .
the company of information is important for industry , old or new .
we cannot to either let us dazzle by the percentages of community legislation transposed in the national legislations .
but the ten new countries of eastern europe do not have such an uncle d' amérique .
that is also worth , and it is degrading , for the transport of alive animals towards the slaughter-houses .
for any major legislation , we plan from now on to impose an evaluation of the incidences on health .
my report/ratio for opinion must also speak about the european union and stress that the european funds for the regional development cannot continue to be granted on the basis of countable distribution simple between the areas .
elmar brok began rightly its speech while pointing out that we will benefit all of widening , in particular we who we locate on this side of the current external border .
the development of the river transport interns will be essential for ecological reasons , because we must draw aside quantities of goods of the road , and if we cannot rail-bound transport them , we will have to use the waterways .
one also spoke about selfishness even of populism , and course of the euro lowers it did not certainly contribute to improve the things .
the message that we want to transmit to the applicant countries is as follows: "you do not let divert by the width of the reports/ratios and the files which are in front of you .
unfortunately , there are in this moment too parties which lost their ideology and which thus testify to an insufficient idealism and an excessive materialism .
if it is necessary to differ the right of acquisition land and from residences of family use , differ it .
it exists until now , but is certainly threatened by the bureaucratic lack of transparency and manifest resistance , though nonpublic , certain governments .
where are besides the million employment promised by the treaty of maastricht?
whereas we are revising the treaties , certain states call already with a new reform .
the large majority of the international investigations into this subject make state of profits on a macro-economic scale , related to widening .
however , except unimportant minorities , no political group questions the principal objective of the slovenien policy , which is to use the european union as fast as possible .
if the union widened quickly , it would have to be strongly disintegrated as it is proposed in the standpoint on the widening of group eldr .
in my eyes , it is clear that the institutional mode prescribes has multiple long-term consequences on the health of the orphans .
i thus ask you to support the proposals for an amendment going in this direction .
and even us , european politicians , let us not include/understand rather well the process of negotiation .
cyprus will become a kind of bridge towards the countries of the area .
i wish with the negotiators the continuation of the success of their work in this important field .
a second form of communication is also essential between our countries and the countries applying for accession in order to explain to them what is the european union .
we cannot allow us to lose still more dash which existed at the beginning of the nineties .
mr . president , first of all , as a socialist rapporteur for the report/ratio on romania , i would like to congratulate the rapporteur for his excellent work .
it acts for the institutions , the member states , us all , to show us with the height of this challenge , also compared to fears of our own public opinions , and to find the breath , the ambition and the vision of the fathers founders of europe .
i have the impression unfortunately that , despite everything the fine wordss and the many chapters that the council examined in a way applied , this process of widening neither constant nor is driven by political energy necessary .
many convention countries faced similar problems at one time or another of their development and can advise bulgaria in order to help it to surmount those to which it must currently face .
the democracy is not only one question of majorities , it is also a question of suitable joint decision of minorities .
the applicant countries must be on an equal footing and their adhesion should depend only on their own development .
at the same time , should recognize to us the efforts authorized by countries such as lithuania which catch up with , so to speak , wasted time .
we may find it beneficial consequently to extend our system of rights and of freedoms until in romania and it is an argument to put forward within the framework of the critical debate with the european public opinion .
however , it is a question around which the rallying is done - with knowing that of widening .
my group thus supports the limitation of the periods transitional as regards environment to a five years maximum .
mr . president , it is necessary for us to give a positive dash to widening .
the debate remains certainly open with regard to the order in which these countries will be able to adhere , because it will also be necessary to check the progress report of their internal reforms .
i delighted by the very positive report/ratio on slovenia and by the considerable efforts made by this country to satisfy the criteria of copenhagen . as a chief of delegation , i could give an account of it to me on several occasions , just like the police chief .
in my opinion , the proposal is worthy to be taken into account .
these forms of violence and exploitation of the women must as of be now condemned and fought by all the means , as well in the eu in the countries applying for accession .
to conclude , i would like to seize this occasion to join to me to a number of fellow-members , of which i share the thoughts and the concerns , and to underline the need for finally attentively examining the question of the borders of europe and , consequently , extended from his widening , as well as opportunity , for the european parliament , for writing a special report/ratio on this subject .
the official report of the meeting of yesterday was distributed .
thank you .
it arrives to us from time at other to recall , in this enclosure , that a citizen's europe must be europe within which the community legislation protects their rights as it is appropriate .
i vote on the request for carryforward of the legal affairs committee and the domestic market .
we know that these undesirable substances and products are very seldom substances with the violent toxicity , but which they are substances which accumulate in the long term in the organization and which have one long lifespan , such as dioxane , heavy aflatoxines and metals like cadmium , lead and mercury .
it is not possible to find the culprits .
if this dilution is authorized , it is at least necessary to notify of them the authorities supervising and it is advisable to declare publicly that these dilutions exist because this problem must be made public and to be the subject of a public discussion .
it is necessary to highlight the following thing: the crisis of dioxane was the result of criminal acts against the existing payments .
mr . president , i thank the colleagues who expressed themselves before me .
it was a pressing need .
for example , for fish meals , the limiting value is different from that which is proposed for the nonmaritime animal products .
it is time to break with a fallacious interpretation of the principle of subsidiarity which more intends each day to increase the supervision of brussels on our nations .
following the example rapporteur , i think that all these measurements are justified , as it is justified to examine the case of these substances to which it refers , which is not toxic in oneself , but which increases the toxicity of the mixtures .
unfortunately , a good share of ancestral know-how , good country direction , were lost , in this era of industrial agriculture where the animals are nothing any more but manufacturing units and goods .
the new regulations will gather , harmonize and simplify very detailed medical regulations and complexes which were scattered up to now between many directives .
the number of the people who want to learn with precision which are the components is , according to my research , relatively restricted .
secondly , the farmers , who are the producers of feedingstuff ingredients , undergo a change indeed . in the future , it will have to destroy a part much more significant of their basic commodities .
the compensation is necessary even if it is clear that the farmers themselves are also very concerned wellbeing of their cattle .
amendment 18 explicitly proposes to include water in the definition of feedingstuffs .
on the basis of these various evaluation , the commission will put forward with the member states suitable measures to limit the presence of the substances concerned in feedingstuffs .
within sight of the amendments submitted to the adoption of this parliament , i am grateful at the parliament of his support in favour of the proposal .
to summarize , therefore , the commission can accept without reserve 15 of the 27 amendments suggested .
i leave the principle that this time , they will not reach that point .
the commission promised that it would work there and it also announced that this list would not be ready tomorrow .
the farmers must quite simply know - and this , at least on request and in the form of percentages - all that this made up food for animals and in which quantity contains .
to conclude , i would like cordially to thank the rapporteur , mr . graefe zu baringdorf , like mrs . roth-behrendt for their reports/ratios and to hope that the council will adopt on the matter a constructive attitude , so that we can lead to a transparent system concerning the declaration of feedingstuffs .
all that , obviously , because of the drama of the esb which was a true novel , in several chapters .
the toxic products , which affect the health of human and the animals , are not acceptable .
but let us start with the positive points .
the proposal with the examination is the beginning of a series of initiatives which are pressed on the white paper on food safety .
thank you very much , mister the police chief .
(the parliament adopts the resolution)
report/ratio (a5-0248/2000) of mr . queiró , in the name of the commission of the foreign affairs , the humans right , of common safety and the policy of defense , on the request for accession of hungary to the european union and the state of the negotiations [ com (1999) 505 - c5-0028/2000 - 1997/2175 (cos) ]
report/ratio (a5-0247/2000) of mrs . nicholson of winterbourne , in the name of the commission of the foreign affairs , the humans right , of common safety and the policy of defense , on the request for accession of romania to the european union and the state of the negotiations [ com (1999) 510 - c5-0033/2000 - 1997/2171 (cos) ]
thirdly finally , and it is perhaps the most difficult condition , the council must agree on new institutional arrangements which make it possible the community to effectively function indeed , and democratically after widening .
even if one approves the principles of article 13 , it is clear that the derived legislation that the european union in the car goes sometimes very far , and that there is no reason to refuse with the applicant countries a right to cultural differentiation .
i will finish while insisting on the fact that the process of widening must be done in a progressive way , at the rate/rhythm of the adaptation of the applicant countries .
 . (es) in the current context and within sight of the reserves which started to be made hear in connection with the widening of the european union , it is important that the parliament clearly poses a political gesture in favour of this one .
 . the european union , since its creation , has vocation to gather the people .
the criteria of the council of copenhagen of 1993 , in connection with democratization or with the capacity to support competition reinforce , in own way of "'acquis communautaire'" , the reign of a wild and destroying capitalism .
an escape ahead in widening , these conditions , is likely to accelerate the populist drifts and fascisantes which points here and there .
the agenda of this meeting precisely contains a relationship having milked with the equal opportunity between men and women , which illustrates once again the poor situation of the 'acquis communautaire' in this field .
who could indeed deny the entry , in the european house , of poland de copernic and jean-paul ii , of hungary martyrized in 1956 in budapest or of the capital symbol , prague , when the people's democracies défenestraient the head of state and crushed the people of jan palach , immolé for freedom .
wider europe , with the tasks and the more duties , needs more important financial resources .
i benefit from this occasion to address my greetings to the old people and to reprocessed of estonia , by hoping that one occupies oneself of their means of existence within the european union .
i thus do not see any reason so that latvia is not allowed within the european union , if it continues to progress at the same rate/rhythm and once that the union will have carried out the adjustments necessary of its institutional structure and its policies to face widening .
i thus do not see any reason so that lithuania is not allowed within the european union , if it continues to progress at the same rate/rhythm and once that the union will have carried out the adjustments necessary of its institutional structure and its policies to face widening .
progress is also obvious , in the field of the environment , with the setting in uvre of the "funds national for protection del' environment" and the application of the principle of the "pollutant-payer" .
while inserting poland in the common house , the union will show justice with regard to the arriving news: a justice which it missed too a long time .
i hope that the czech republic will join the union quickly .
 . (in) i am pleased with the queiró report/ratio on the request for accession of hungary to the european union and i share the majority of the conclusions which car the rapporteur .
i hope that bulgaria will join the union in a future not too remote .
report/ratio poos (a5-0249/2000)
it acts of a positioning right and balanced that the council of ministers must take seriously into account .
i hope , on this subject , that the negotiations carried out under the aegis of the united nations will be able to succeed , so that the cypriot populations greek and turkish profit , together , of the benefits of adhesion within the framework of a reunified republic .
- (in) i am pleased sincerely with the poos report/ratio on the candidature of cyprus for adhesion for the european union .
however , we , consuming , we locate at the ultimate stage of the food chain and are thus the final receptacle of the diversions and the food counterfeits .
it particularly holds us with cur to put in uvre , the european level , and in a concrete way , food safety from the cattle shed to the table , or from the fork to the fork .
they is precisely because we are in favour of the development of relations of co-operation , really fraternal and between really equal partners , between all the countries of the world , that we do not have the intention , by our vote , to guarantee a masquerade .
the council in informed the parliament before the vote in committee , but only right before this one , drawing aside thus deliberately any chance to re-examine the question with me or the parliament .
in my report/ratio , i ask a broader representation and for participation of ong , a reinforcement of the responsibility with regard to the european parliament , the establishment of an annual report which will have to be discussed at the parliament , possible degree of transparency a highest , the promotion of the memory of passed like instrument of fight against the prejudices and the recognition of multiple discrimination .
in same time , the justified interests of the workers must be taken into account .
since a high responsibility falls to the two sides of industry with regard to the regulation as regards discrimination on the place of work , those are most capable to work out practical solutions .
answering my invitation , jenny had come to assist to with it as coordinator of the group access charter .
practical , because the directives and the action plans encourage , on the one hand , member states to fight against discrimination on the basis of principle same and , on the other hand , the commission to play its part of guardian of the treaties but also of guide in the social debate .
although the legal basis releases from the appropriations for new preparatory actions , their financing within this category could involve a reduction of the appropriations intended for other policies .
mesdames and the deputies , we have under the eyes a proposal of framework directive necessary , but insufficient , of which we will have the possibility of improving the mechanisms once that a certain lapse of time of application will have run out .
i hope that the commission , in the light of this new directive , will be interested closely in the discrimination based on the sex .
i congratulate the commission , as well as the authors of the reports/ratios .
i am satisfied with the opinion of the mann report/ratio aiming at allowing the organizations to ideological base to pose , if necessary , with the personnel requirements the at the time of recruitment in connection with this base .
the speed with which the institutions made use of new competences of amsterdam proves , madam the police chief , whom the european union always preserves its statute of pioneer in the field of the equal opportunity , and for this reason i would like to thank for all cur the european commission .
the fact that there exists in our company of discriminations of various nature confirms the importance of the action plan involved , as regards the report/ratio of mr . cashman .
mr . president , in the name of the bonino list i would like to express fright that we test in front of the way in which europe and the member states treat the topic of discrimination , racism and xenophobia .
can the police chief explain why the commission does not hold account of this aspect?
the second problem that i would like to approach is that ong , for important that they are , are invited to occupy itself of the setting in uvre , independently of their size , their nature and the actions which they carry out .
the liberal and democratic group evaluated all that positively and in particular the activity of the parliament which wanted to insist , also and especially , on the prevention of the phenomenon and not only on the good practices .
it is a challenge for us all , because we judge ourselves the others on a first impression .
mr . president , to fight and legislate against discriminations is to recognize that they exist and even as they are , for of them , "legalized" because standardized much .
the first , the unctad , the conference of the united nations for the trade and the development , posed in 1963 in geneva the principle of the compensation inequalities , therefore of discrimination .
in fact , information and sensitizing cover in this respect a fundamental importance , they must be a starting element and be used to inculcate a new mentality , a new fashion to think and to be , so that these still widespread prejudices in a diffuse way in the population can be completely éradiqués and that a true parity is guaranteed in terms of right between all the citizens .
it is thus important to make progress the two legislative initiatives discussed today , by however improving some of their aspects and by increasing the amounts planned for the financing of the program , in order to reflect the political importance of this fight against discrimination .
in particular , the agreement on the principle of forecast of reasonable installations , whose sweden and ireland are the pionnières , will make from now on so that the employers of the whole of europe , adapt their places of work , acquire special equipment and modify their working methods in order to offer a true chance to the handicapped employees .
article 13 is the starting point of a new objective of the eu: to fight against the discrimination or the unequal treatment of the citizens through reasons enumerated in this same article .
the second point that i would like to underline relate to the unfortunately made coarse error with the commission with this first "package" in the sense that she wanted to draw up a list of priorities on the level of the reasons for discrimination .
mr . president , the discrimination based on the religion is unacceptable , just like any other form of discrimination .
as laic convinced , i could not thus associate to me it .
however , the generous idea to recognize with each citizen the maximum of possible freedom , in so far as it is compatible with the same measurement of freedom for the others , meets still today obstacles - the ones in fact and the others of right .
one of these directives was already adopted in record time , and i think that other a of good lucks to be adopted at the time of the french presidency in november .
some are not in conformity with the legal regulations , like the amendment concerning the agreements of the commissions .
on the other hand , i then to accept the amendment 38 , which proposes to delete article 5 the list of differences in treatment on the basis of age , which could be justified .
you mentioned the important question of contractual conformity .
it is the first time that we authorize joint projects in this action plan .
it is clear that the more total the code will be , the more it will be effective .
article 7 of the code urges the member states to prevent any transfer of weapons towards inappropriate end-users .
mr . president , i acknowledge to have the nostalgia of the time when emanated , of the european parliament , but also of various pacifist movements and the trade unions , the incentives to think and act in the direction of a progressive reduction of the production of weapons , and where one wondered how one could pass from the military use to the civil use .
considering the situation in which the planet and our continent are today , after the end of the cold war and the rupture of the balance established by the terror of the weapons of massive destruction , such a behavior would be irresponsible .
these weapons became , so to speak , the symbol of anarchy in many places in the world .
the pesc covers an activity intended to treat the crises apart from the borders of the eu , and not anything which can be described like a policy of defense .
their objective is to prevent exports of weapons bound for governments which violate the humans right , of areas in prey to conflicts or areas engaged in arms races .
the commission , in close cooperation with the member states , took an active part in the development of the common action of the european union concerning the light weapons and of small gauge .
the agenda calls the communication of the commission on the european space of research .
introduction of forms of intervention of longer duration ; intermediaries between the support of projects and the institutional financing , use of the instruments with variable geometry offered by the treaty , more particularly the participation of the union in national programs such as it is envisaged in article 169 of the treaty .
what we want to reinforce , it is this character of hierarchisation and that depends on the level of the mode of intervention .
you say to consider a total rehandling of the outline programme .
i think that we need today something which structure european space of research , i .e . from something which goes beyond the outline programme which comes in supplement from national programs ; we need a structuring element , which wants to say that formulas should be accepted .
concerning the reflexions with the stoa , i believe that something should be done together , since the parliament , the joint research centre , the institutes of futurology present in the various member states are concerned .
it seems that the commission progresses to step of giant towards the realization of the european space of research .
there will be a whole chapter on sciences , the company and the citizens .
contacts took place with the authorities of greece , ireland and portugal to ask for the government these countries of accelerate the presentation at the commission of their projects to the title of the funds of cohesion .
probably the absence of the service that you mention , which existed in the preceding commission and which was devoted exclusively to the funds of cohesion , does not allow to have more concrete elements .
my second question is as follows: except the funds of cohesion , there is the community framework of support , the structural funds , the regional programs , etc . from which countries you did receive the final drafts and which programs of which countries you already approved?
in 1989 , the commission introduced a new proposal having to offer more flexibility .
i have of course the arguments of mr . bolkestein and i know that the rule of prohibited principle of the treaties to more tax the foreigners than domestic companies , but the general law of the fair competition in europe should apply and , when the levels of taxation are completely disproportionate , should study the effect to us which the legislation as regards competition can have on the situation , and this in spite of the general rule according to which it is a prerogative of the member states .
if you want to preserve the fuel , it should be done via the fuel taxes , and not via other forms of taxation .
i will answer to mr . purvis that the question of the natural regional disadvantages is probably spring of the national governments insofar as a part of their electorate is in these outlying areas and with the variation .
mr . president , madam the police chief , i thank you for this information .
during spring and summer the last , the commission proceeded to a general re-examination of its activities and its human resources .
we had certain information in this direction .
these children , in an increasing proportion , are exploited by tourists and businessmen , which for a significant number of them come from europe .
the commission thinks that all the companies will be able to prepare in time for the final passage to the euro , including with regard to the adaptation of their information processing systems and their software .
this discussion philosophico-policy is not any more on the agenda but we can discuss in a general way of the dangers of a referendum , though perhaps in another context .
this also applies to the dash .
a recall was recently sent to the french authorities .
with regard to the applicant countries , i can say to you that meetings took place with them on the subject of the transport of the animals and that preliminary agreements were concluded .
the commission however was informed during the season of sowings of the spring of this year of the interception of imported seeds of conventional varieties of various species , y included/understood of cotton , container of the traces of seeds gm .
however , after consultation of his services , i am able to inform you that the fundamental requirements of safety as regards data-processing equipment of private or professional use are fixed by a directive on the electric components , the directive "low tension" , like by the directive on the hertzian equipment and the final equipment of telecommunications .
will it agree nevertheless with me for saying that the distinction made between safety with work and safety in class or safety for a child working at his place is not in fact not one?
perhaps it will tighten the hand of president khatami .
aung san suu kyi is today de facto under house arrest .
i am thus reticent with going further in the field of the trade or with advising other actions concerning the trade or the investments .
question n º 15 of (h-0769/00):
those which said that to me referred for example to some of the electoral meetings to which they had assisted .
questions 16 to 44 will receive written answers .
what we would like , it is a european report consolidated , published and examined by this parliament .
us should concentrate us on the passage to the not-production of armaments and not on the way in which we will ensure our competitiveness compared to the other countries of the world which produce armaments .
the five permanent members of the security council , who are supposed to take care on our safety , should lend the ear to these proposals and as fast as possible negotiate an arrangement really worthy of xxie century .
the debate of today poses an important stake in the process of reform that the prodi commission started a little more than one year ago .
i then to prevent me from having the impression that in its haste to produce a proposal within the time allowed by the white paper on the reform , the commission neglected to approach the details correctly .
i thus propose that the financial comptroller and the internal listener produce both of the annual reports returning account of their activities .
the report/ratio van hulten accentuates more still , and with reason , the distinction pled by the commission . it represents a good starting base for the exchanges of better practices between the institutions .
let us hope for how this does not repeat itself !
if we define a rule for the great institutions , then the principle of independence proposed by the committee of wise must prevail everywhere .
we very often lived in the past of the situations in which excessively long decision-making processes caused near the applicants the disappointment and the loss of confidence in the european institutions .
i would like to say to mrs . the police chief that this report/ratio is only one transitory stage . that means that it acts of the first phase of the construction of a bridge between the system of control we have today and the system which we want to have after the reform .
here of what the proposal consists which is submitted to you .
it is only when they are in measurement to assume it that the sampling , the procedure of sampling , which will be it also frequently controlled , will be withdrawn .
beyond the words , we all are conscious that the task will certainly not be easy .
i obviously also think that we are qualified , neither as politicians nor as technicians , to be able to only harness us with the resolution of this problem .
fortunately , the large majority of the children and the young people grow in a medium free from such harmful factors .
i divide in all points the opinion expressed by the president of the commission , when it insists on the need for establishing such a statutory catalogue ; it is necessary absolutely , in my opinion , to reinforce the principle of subsidiarity and it is necessary thus that the eu abstains from wanting to by the way found policies in a great number of fields whose the political problems are not transnational .
information coming from the whole world and concerning all the fields of knowledge becomes accessible since the residence within the shortest possible time . for them , to communicate with the totality of the sphere is an ordinary thing .
decrees very quickly , they declare with the police officers: "it is funny , in the serials , one is not made take also easily" .
the legislator - i conclude here , mr . president - cannot all regulate , but it must sometimes point out the rights and the duties of each one .
i am very sensitive also to the remarks which were made on education , training with reading the images , on the sensitizing of the younger generations to have a critical approach of the media and not to consume anything , any time , anyhow .
if a report/ratio as this one does not manage to make progress , to improve mobility or at least to start to cut down the barriers which currently blocks the mobility of the world of education , nothing will have a more negative impact on their opinion .
the problems to be solved in the various countries are of various nature: for example , different regulations as regards social security , grants , right of abode , taxation and lack of mutual recognition of the diplomas and the training courses .
it is time that europe sticks again to the good execution of programs such as socrates and jeunesse for europe .
the experiments as regards mobility of the students and the teachers prove that the real problems of this mobility are not so much side of management of teaching but in the field of the social authorities , tax and of immigration .
one quoted the socrates program to illustrate this problem .
there must be a system of clear inspection , a clear control , even if that is done by sampling , and especially , a counter , a web page , where the students can deposit complaints .
we require consequently the integration of the target group of the researchers among the categories of people being able to profit from the recommendations .
it is easy to do it in a speech , but not so much in practice .
the debate is closed .
we appreciate your step , like that of president chirac or the joschka fischer minister .
widening imposes the reinforcement ; the reinforcement allows and does not compromise widening .
(applause) europe has an inheritance cultural , social , legal and scientific single supplied with the variety and the vitality of the national components .
the motion for a resolution on the commission reports , about which you will come to a conclusion presently , is rich on the matter .
that appears clearly in the report drawn up by the finnish presidency on the women and the decision-making . the indicators which it worked out will make it possible to evaluate made progress .
beyond this conference of the ministers and conference on the professional equality , two very important texts , specifically devoted to the equality , but concerning the council "employment and social affairs" deserve to be quoted .
second relates to the principle of non-discrimination , of which that founded on the sex .
within the framework of the annual reports , i would like to add - and the president in exercise also approached this point - that one of the principal problems with which the eu is confronted relates to obviously the existence of large cultural differences .
the reports/ratios of which it is a question here also give this impression .
we must take care that the directive on the equality is really translated in the legislation .
i believe that this method , applied initially by finland , are usable in several fields and , since it forms part of the strategy of the equal opportunity of the commission , we can expect good results from them .
in the name of the equal opportunity , the french women conquered , thanks to europe , the right to work during the night .
as citizen frenchwoman , this vision of the world is particularly foreign for me .
in spite of these remarks , we will vote this report/ratio because , of course , we are favorable to the equal opportunity , but the equal opportunity , it is before all the respect of each one .
those which remove with the mothers freedom to raise their children without being remunerated will receive the invoice later , in the juvenile form of delinquency and vandalism .
on this subject , i recall our report/ratio on the splitting rights of pension in the event of divorce , so that the services for the survivors and the age of the pension are integrated in the directive of 1979 .
the polish women were very grateful to us to have specified that the representative who was present did not even relay the position of the polish women .
an increased presence of the women on all the levels of government and in all the fields is essential to reinforce the democracy and to support and maintain peace .
while finishing , i would like to evoke the situation of the women in the countries which prepare their adhesion with the european union .
also the members of the council , and in particular the men who sit there , have to assume here the essential mission which consists in carrying out europe in the combat against the maffia which organizes the draft of the women . because this form of slave system is not like problems which can make raise the shoulders with responsible political actors , nor that they can drive back or neglect .
we can deduce from the reports/ratios and the interventions which we analyze today that the problem of the equal opportunity is , as much among us knew , a problem of a structural nature and than , to approach it , are needed total strategies , because the women are neither a category nor a homogeneous social group , and even less collective .
it is true that i was a little sorry to see that maria de belém roseira did not occupy any more this station .
two among you evoked new social rights , new revenue duties .
thirdly , they constitute the base of a strategy with regard to the european union - even for the charter of the basic rights , the fact of having had a sight of the current situation played an important part - but they offer of it also the possibility at the national level , since the member states can from now on , thanks to the comparative evaluation , to define their national objectives .
the common discussion is closed .
it is necessary to see these amendments in the new context of the inter-institutional agreement and , consequently , the parliament can compromise while not insisting on these amendments of comitology since that , in a certain manner , they were exceeded by the new inter-institutional framework .
nevertheless , i personally continue to think that the text approved at the time by the parliament answered well better new realities which rose from the domestic market and the liberalization of the markets , insofar as the elements of clarification and control which introduced the not accepted amendments more guaranteed the observance of the regulation and the application of the same procedures .
if we want that third countries accept the compromises , the european community must be the first to apply to take care of the respect of its own standards , because if a country has the occasion to introduce products on the community market by smuggling , why would take it the trouble to negotiate an unspecified type of concession with us?
same manner , the amendment of the parliament concerning the declaration of without-papers , which was adopted by the council , will allow the customs administrations member states to be equipped with the automated instruments of management most modern .
but it is too late now because the vote has just taken place and the deputies voted in his favour .
votes (continuation)
report/ratio (a5-0198/2000) of mrs . dybkjær , in the name of the commission of the women's rights and of the equal opportunity , on the annual reports of the commission on "the equal opportunity for the women and the men in the european union - 1997 , 1998 , 1999" (com (1998) 302 - c5-0106/1999) (com (1999) 106 - c5-0289/2000) (com (2000) 123 - c5-0290/2000 - 1999/2109 (cos))
 . it is not the first time that i express myself on the mobility of the students and the teaching body .
this report/ratio is all the more important as it intervenes at one critical time for the european union , that of widening .
discrimination is not fought by creation of additional administrative services , but only in the head of people .
 . i did not vote the mann report/ratio , because if it is indeed necessary to seek work the equal treatment of the people employment , still would be necessary it not to push the zeal at the point to give up any protection of freedoms and any respect of the state of right .
being laic convinced , i could not associate to me it .
the snp is pleased with this directive and its objective to put an end to any discrimination on the place of work .
if we want to make the directive acceptable and achievable , this one cannot be overloaded of literature and desires which do not have their place in a legislative text .
the eplp issues however strong concerning the following fields .
certain elements would also owe , with our direction , being left with the discretion of the member states , such as the general terms of application , the organization of the formations for the workers of certain groups of age , the nature of the system of mediation , and the way in which sme must interpret the directive .
in this interview , van hulten points out extremely precisely that only the resolution of problems as the fraud , the wasting , but also the lack of effectiveness in the decision-making process , will enable us to start with a positive diary .
the reasons of the orientation of my vote one milks , on the whole , with the question of the bringing together between the european union and nato like with the impulse given to the policy of common defense .
one also evokes there exports of european weapons like a means of solving the future local conflicts in the geographical areas close to europe .
on the other hand , i could accept only one formulates the need for a policy of common defense and a european policy of safety and defense .
the children are the first victims of violence to television .
i am pleased with the realization of this study .
a group of experts will be also made up at community level . it will have the role the creation of an establishing memorandum of the general principles for the protection of the minors in the context of the media .
report/ratio dybkjaer (a5-0198/2000)
it is particularly interesting that , for the first time , the need is raised for continuing the evaluation of the effectiveness of the political initiatives by means of the annual reports of the commission .
peru
mr . president , peru currently saw moments of uncertainty and us infants all the hope which the current situation is solved by the means of a process , guaranteeing all the civil laws and political and contributing to the reinforcement of the democracy and peace to peru , where 25 000 people died during fifteen last years .
the word in question is the word "democracy" .
mr . president , mesdames and messrs , the conditions under which were held the elections in peru in may of this year were unacceptable .
b5-0793/2000 , of mrs . ainardi and others , in the name of the group of the scandinavian green left unit european/left , on the situation of the women in afghanistan .
i thus delighted to note that the report/ratio contains certain clear and precise points on the situation of the women and that it draws the attention to the need for trying to intervene in order to prevent that the mode of the talibans does not continue his uvre total discrimination of the women .
the eu has an important mission .
there can be recognition on behalf of no member state , as long as the policy of violation of the human rights will be maintained , in particular of systematic discrimination with regard to the women .
we must hold account of this reality , within the european institutions , and owing to the fact that the cultures of drug are used to buy weapons .
it will support however in a solved way the close countries , so that they improve their possibilities of fight against drug .
i think that the moment had just pointed out the need which the european union starts to draw an overall policy with respect to the countries of latin america which could perhaps prevent that these countries cross crises periodically as those which some knew .
mr . president , mesdames and messrs , the commission and the parliament greet the release of the father spanish jesuit alejandro matos castro last week .
b5-0782/2000 , of mr . haarder , in the name of the group of the european party of the liberals , democrats and reformers , on macedonia: legislation relating to the higher education and the universities ;
this is why we are very happy that the problem of the higher education perhaps finally found a solution really positive .
for my part , i see there especially a good example , for all the close countries , showing that teaching is not useful that to propagate hatred - as it is generally the case - but which it can also be the cradle of a peaceful multiethnic cohabitation .
i would have also wished that this solution be approved by all the parties represented at the parliament .
i can perhaps benefit from the occasion to stress that the commission already could be pleased with its collaboration with the top representing , mr . van der stoel .
we do not carry out this debate only to today express our deep sorrow . us carry out it especially to examine what occurred , which are the causes and how we will cure the situation , how we can , as commission and a european parliament , to make so that such events are not repeated .
in any case , mr . president , we agree with this common motion for a resolution which we support such as it is made out , with the title of the urgency , and on the basis , it goes without saying , of what i evoked previously . we are in disagreement with the amendments which were also deposited with the title of the urgency .
for the amendment on the working conditions , there is a related directive , the formulation of the amendment is not as satisfactory as the text .
it is quite simply unacceptable for the islands of the north and the west of scotland , as for the potential route of crossing of the north sea towards the european continent which will be , i hope for it , inaugurated in the near future .
i am happy that the greek government cancelled this exemption meanwhile .
this is why , following the shipwreck of the ship samina express train , the commission immediately requested the greek government to into force provide explanations on the application of the community legislation .
i would wish to raise the question of knowing , and i ask you to clear up this with the office , if , after the suppression of friday , the suppression of thursday did not already start on a certain side .
this problem is not solved and as long as it will not be it , the international financial institutions - the imf and the world bank - will not be able to help democratic serbia . consequently , it is also necessary to work on the level of the united nations with the countries of ex-yugoslavia as soon as possible to find an agreement which can free , when the moment of freedom comes to serbia , the economic aids - by the means of the imf and the world bank .
in these moments perhaps will be played in the streets of belgrade the advent of a democratic change where the recourse to violence could be avoided .
we condemn all the acts being able to be regarded as a provocation , in particular with regard to the holy places in jerusalem .
compared to the middle east , us , europeans , authorized an effort - venice , madrid , oslo , stockholm - and we have truly constant the promotion and the development of this process .
the fact more shocking relates to the use of balls of fragmentation with the police force and the army israelis ; these balls , which explode in the body of tens of pieces and which are prohibited on an international scale , even in the combat opposing of the soldiers , are now employed against the civil ones .
i believe that europe can and must make much in this direction , clearly and decision .
it is necessary thus to do everything to stop the fire in progress as soon as possible .
provocations such as the action of ariel sharon should not occur .
it is again the case today , and it is what will prevent and prevented europe , during all these years , to play a part of mediation in the middle east , giving up this role in the only united states .
we will not sacrifice the serb people to our noble moral objectives because that could mean the death of thousands of people in serbia and yugoslavia .
to conclude , madam the president , i propose to send a parliamentary delegation as soon as possible and as soon as a new yugoslav government is formed , in order to establish the plans of rebuilding of a serbia news in collaboration with this new government .
madam the president , mesdames and messrs , we obviously live a historic day within this parliament , which will perhaps mark the end of the one of the last pillars of a totalitarian dictatorship in europe .
mr . president , there is a problem , the german version of the collection concerning the urgencies - i do not know if it is also the case for the other versions - contains only the proposals for an amendment of group gue , but no motion for a resolution , nor even the common text .
mr . president , i would simply wish to draw the attention of my colleagues to the pile which shows of which documents we needed for the votes for this week .
if the parliament could propose amendments with the council decision , it would probably underline the social unemployment and problems in croatia which are due to the mode of austerity imposed on this country . however , there is not basic legal for such amendments in this context .
it is the occasion there to assert the same objectives with regard to the activity of the eib .
mr . president , we approached yesterday evening , with the centre even of this parliament , the question of serbia and the revolutionary changes which occur there .
i also wish to convince my colleagues , and especially the council , to remain , at the time of the negotiations of the next months on the budget for the next year and the following years , most faithful possible to the commission proposal , which , in my opinion , to date constitutes the best estimate of the total costs in croatia and in other parts of balkans .
in 1990 , the democratic elections organized in this country were considered to be equitable and free by the international opinion .
i thus say yes to the financial assistance , yes with this guarantee and i ask the commission vigorously to massively help this deeply european country and from now on truly democratically controlled and according to principles' of the state of right , to associate it to the candidates with adhesion , because i believe that croatia deserved our unconditional support .
just like the rapporteur , i wonder whether the money intended for this end will be really available , more especially as it seems well that enormous funds must be provided soon to serbia and that the budget of the union is not re-examined with the rise .
the delegations of the croatian parliament and ours they also invited the council to extend the mandate of the eib .
i hope that contacts will be tied quickly and that , as for croatia , a help will be granted the serb people , which deserve our larger respect .
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in this same spirit , we invite the women of the european parliament to take part in this delegation: a call tuesday and wednesday ago and we will collect the signatures and the participation in the delegation , in the intention express to build , between women , of the bridges of peace where reign violence .
as a whole , there were more sufferings for the basques and the spaniards ; it is certain that the spaniards and the basques are tired of the current conflict .
madam the president , you undoubtedly remember that , at the time of the last session , i had evoked the critical situation of a democratic militant , the british james mawdsley , who was held illegally by the burmese authorities .
madam the president , in what relates to me , i would like to speak in fact about the payment .
actually , this report/ratio of technical appearance , which does not seem to bring of great modification of a political nature , is extremely important insofar as , surreptitiously , it introduces the possibility of practising the genetic engineering in vine growing and thus to lead to a genetically modified vine growing .
if we do not approve the report/ratio , there will be delays .
the council of state - as said to you - rejected this recourse and duly informed us of this rejection .
but today the situation repeats and relates to a colleague , certainly epp , but not of my political camp in italy .
this is why we plead actively for the introduction of a social dashboard , like that was the case for the domestic market , with clear measurements , expiries and deadlines .
i hope , madam the minister , that the council will be inspired by waitings of the parliament and that you will succeed , at the time of the summit of nice , to lay down ambitious objectives in a european social diary to which we will be able then to harness us during next years .
of the abstract council "use and social policy" of last 8 july in paris , the presidency had required of the whole of the actors concerned - the european parliament , of course , economic and social committee , comité of the areas , the two sides of industry , ong , groups and committees of the council - to make him share of their proposals .
to oppose the quantitative one to qualitative is a false debate and lisbon clearly laid down a double objective: more uses and uses of better quality .
this mobility should be encouraged , while ensuring the safety of the professional trajectories .
we must try to recapitulate and to describe the gaps of the system and , in any case , we must put them in the diary .
we estimate that open coordination constitutes the good way to be followed towards social europe .
the setting in uvre of the posted ambitions sociétales in lisbon calls a community effort , an action plan for the creation of jobs in the services , in particular those related to the company of information .
the commission can naturally provide an important contribution , but the social problems are anchored on a local scale , and one must largely treat them by holding account of the various concrete contexts .
the social one acted as corrector of the most harmful effects of the economic policies .
the proposal presented originally by the commission would have been much better without amendment - congratulations , madam the police chief .
it is an ambitious diary . i remember still how much we have painfully advanced as regards social protection during the preceding legislature .
i think that that will be very positive and will help the women to reconcile family life and professional .
i have sometimes the impression , that , under the concept of modernization , one often thinks of emptying the social protection of his substance .
which are the fundamental elements of the contents?
it is still difficult to define european objectives which will be pareillement in force for all the member states , since there is a various reality .
49 amendments were submitted to the commission .
it is thus important that we provide guarantees concerning the possibility that will have the nongovernmental organizations to influence the process .
another point is that the community must intervene more in the estimate of the needs for initiatives additional , including , if necessary , the adaptation of the regulation , the equal opportunity and the fight against discriminations .
it is not that the good ideas and the good plans to arrive at the equality missed in the past , but their setting in uvre often failed .
it is not normal that the voice of the women is monopolized by a handle of professional of the claim living thanks to the perfusion of public monies .
equality of the men and the women in the civil life , which makes it possible to the women to fully enjoy the humans right and of fundamental freedoms .
i wait until the male actors are interested in it finally and that they fight stereotypes and roles of the exceeded sexes .
i however believe that we must thank it for having followed this debate , considering his presence was not envisaged during this discussion .
policy of competition
we must offer to our companies the best possible conditions so that they can organize their production and especially their future .
they must have a broad choice of products of high quality sold at competitive prices: it is , finally , the reason for which it is necessary to promote the single market and , in parallel , free competition , because that profits with all our citizens .
it is a question of the decision of granting or of not granting aids in the sector of coal .
item 16 of the riis-jørgensen report/ratio evokes the concern of improving legal safety at the time of the requests for fusions , and of making more effective and more rapids the calendars applicable to the procedures of appeal .
in all the cases , it acts of public companies which owe their force not with an impeccable management of the businesses , but with the positions of monopoly last and present .
it is necessary for us to more imply the citizens in information on the policy of competition , so that it recognizes the advantages of them .
they have a considerable significance for employment and the regional policy and i wish that it well in the future be included/understood , so that these assistances , the interior assistances , which have implications for the regional development and the economy of the areas , and where transport takes value of typical example , can be continued .
this communication contains three important messages .
i also warmly thank mr . evans for his excellent report/ratio on the regulation as regards state aid to iron and steel industry and on the eighth commission report on the state aid in the european union .
i would like to thus reassure mrs . palacio and mr . karas , as well as the other deputies who intervened on these points , and their statement which the payment largely holds account of their concerns .
if not , we would serve our objective , namely to support competition and the consumers , in a perverse way .
the common discussion is closed .
the mechanism of financing is the application of article 119 of the treaty ec , which remains in force during the third phase of the economic and monetary union only for the member states which do not take part in the single currency .
mr . president , mister the police chief , mesdames and messrs , i am pleased that we can still discuss the proposal for a council directive today modifying directive 68/193/the eec relating to the marketing of vegetative reproductive materials of the vine , and i hope that the vote of tomorrow will be positive .
some of them launched , july 5 , the call of beaune , where they express all their concern vis-a-vis with the introduction of gmo into their trade .
the rules that they provide in addition favorable to the production of a vegetable material are diversified by offering best the guaranteed medical ones , which is fundamental , to effectively accompany the reorganization by the community vineyard , key point of the new wine ocm .
one needs the high and strong statement , it was not by no means necessary of gaver the articles of this directive of references to directive 90/220 in the course of revision , except to want to promote with any force in the vine the genetic engineering .
i am pleased to inform you that we can accept moreover the amendments 35 to 40 , presented by mr . graefe zu baringdorf , which tend to reinforce the transposition of the requirements of safety and management registered in directive 220/90 .
i would simply wish to point out that the parliament did not have to decide as such .
madam the president , it is concerning the item 14 of our official report on the request for lifting of the parliamentary privilege of our college pacheco pereira .
i will be more precise on the qualified majority .
on the weighting of the voices , the two well-known options also remain on the table: simple weighting for which light , very light , majority is confirmed , or double majority , but with various formulas , double simple or repondérée majority or the shape of "demographic net" .
in addition , without damage of a coordination and need assessment of the economic and financial assistance to the yugoslav federal republic , which will be entrusted jointly to the european commission and the world bank , the european council of biarritz decided to urgently grant to the yugoslav federal republic a first humanitarian aid of 200 million euros .
but see you , mesdames and messrs , if i were to say to you spontaneously and very sincerely my feeling , i would say this: whatever the sensitivity of these questions - composition of the commission and voting system - it is not on this basis that one will be able to measure the failure or the success of nice .
positive also was approval by the heads of state and government of the charter of the basic rights , but it is necessary for me however to recall , mr . president of the council , the reason which made this approval possible .
as we should not make die trouble the spirit of nice , our fundamental priority during the 50 days which remain will be to raise the negotiations at the political level .
in this direction , i would like to also address to me to my colleges of the european popular party - and i ask mr . poettering to listen myself - because what we defend in this parliament , we must defend it outwards .
according to what we know of the results obtained by the prime ministers and presidents in biarritz on the highly delicate questions of reform of the treaty , the charter will be probably the most beautiful success of nice .
the council would meet really european waitings citizen while launching a great consultation of the populations , national parliaments , allowing to lead to a charter really meeting the needs .
it is thus necessary to launch an invitation to all to turn over to the origins of our union , to have the courage which mr . giscard d'estaing and mr . schmitt had by deciding election by the vote for all of the european parliament in 1976 and 1979 and to decide that into 2009 we will have finally a president of the european union , president of the commission .
i would in particular like , in this respect , to answer so that mr . poettering said on cleavage between the large ones and small countries .
i return from a word simply on the businesses of external marketing policy , because it is a completely serious subject .
it is nevertheless something of invaluable which was underlined by all the members of the european council .
another very positive point was the adoption of the charter in its totality .
beyond , it seems to to me that on this crucial question for the future of the european union and its mode of decision , biarritz marked points and we can only congratulate us .
i hope that we will be able to still convince , to progress , to override this point in nice .
i quote two concrete examples: on the one hand , one passes from the right to work with the right to work and , on the other hand , a certain number of social rights included/understood in the revised social charter of the council of europe are not in the charter .
it clearly arises from the debates which take place in europe everywhere , including those of biarritz , that the largest member states seek , partly , to make pressure on the smallest member states in order to reform the european union in accordance with the political line followed by the largest states and also according to their desires .
the dissatisfied ones with the two edges are the proof for the negotiators whom they forward to a right balance .
the leaders of europe did not formulate clear vision .
a commission structured on criteria of representation of each state betrays a design little visionary .
there would be then a centralized union , which would leave with the small countries less influence than the system of the american bicameral system does not leave any in the federal states of small size .
after the top of sharm-el-sheikh , where all the parts concerned were joined together to find despite everything a exit with the crisis of violence and to restore the dialogue between barak and arafat , we could note , though this moment ago when that seemed to be able to succeed , whom it is extremely difficult to contain violence .
bad advisors , obviously , make say to mr . barón things which are not true about italy and of my party .
it is necessary that we achieve progress as regards tax on energy in europe . the latter underwent a total blocking until now because of the principle of the unanimity .
we cannot allow that a situation settles in which the small states would come from there to fear a drift towards solutions of directorate .
i estimate that convention provided excellent work and i am proud to have been able to count among his members .
in this second case of figure , the question will be to know at which time this principle of strictly levelling rotation between large and small will function .
the extension to truths prone of the vote in the majority qualified with the joint decision , the safeguarding of article 250 such as it is today , the place and the role of the commission in the co-operations reinforced and not only on the first pillar: here are some of the elements which will enable us to judge instantaneously if there is , in the last analysis , failure or success .
mr . president , thank you in jacques , initially , in jacques delors , thank you in altiero spinelli and fernand herman , thank you with all , of vaclav havel in carlo ciampi , joschka fischer with jacques chirac , michel barnier in pierre moscovici , chris patten with costa simitis , while passing by florence , and the multitude of the current european deputies who began again , since 1999 , the great movement for a european constitution .
let us not criticize too commercial europe , and it is a socialist who says it to you: it gave us more richnesses for all .
we grant at least on this objective , and since we do it , let us say how y to arrive .
mr . president , i had satisfaction to note that in substance , the proposals presented lately at the intergovernmental conference go in the same direction as the unit or a part of the criteria which i exposed .
mr . president , mister the police chief , the rapporteurs , mesdames and the deputies , you wished that we have , this morning , a debate on the questions by the way whose your parliament considered it necessary to supplement the opinion relating to the intergovernmental conference that it had returned last april .
thus , while respecting the existing constitutional framework , it seems difficult to to me - i say it to you - to envisage more than one procedure of advisory opinion of the parliament at the time of release .
you know it well , that supposes that we make certain political choices , of a range much larger than the payment of the three requirements stated higher .
i stressed myself that the formula retained for the charter was a way to be explored .
but i understood well that beyond the linguistic aspect , your question hid another concern .
here also why i wanted to thank you , and on the bottom and the form , of the initiative which you took .
the installation of reinforced co-operations should not lead to the creation of new bodies which would come to be added to the institutions of the union .
it is time to revise the treaties .
the refusal of the european council to integrate the charter of the basic rights of the union in the treaties founders , to thus make these rights juridically constraining and to allow this manner to the citizens of which the rights would not have been respected to reach the court of justice european , carries reached to this fundamental consensus .
without that , one will not obtain this europe of the citizens and the citizens , in my opinion .
paragraph 8: the constitution will treat - i quote - "open left questions" .
nobody still could explain me what would since then have changed .
secondly , compared to an insufficient diary , which left side of the particularly important questions for the future of the union and the interest of the citizenship .
mister the minister , one tells that to the day before of the revolution bolshevik - an event which was to have disastrous consequences everywhere in the world - the russian orthodoxe church was plunged in a complex debate on the style of the clothes of ceremony to carry during the lent .
it is thus imperative that the co-operations offer all the guarantees that recommended the rapporteur , that they are opened with all , in the respect of the spirit of the treaties , and that they do not go against the 'acquis communautaire' .
there is however a point which i would wish to accentuate: it does not seem to to me correct to require or privilege the way of the obligatory referendum in all the member states for the approval of the amendments suggested .
we had a debate very nourished on two questions which , although different , meet in a point .
we are ready to make so that it can be put to vote during the session of november , so that the text can be adopted under the french presidency .
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what means "the introduction of the possibility of gradually taking its retirement via part-time work" , if it is not a threat on the retirement age however well too already high in a number of countries?
everyone knows that the pensioners , like the children , like jams .
i asked reprocessed which elected me here , the european parliament , with the party of reprocessed if they would like it to drink genetically modified wine .
or , by way of derogation , to put on the market of reproductive materials standard , when the requirements cannot be met by other categories .
i thus ask you , mr . president: don't the variations of the cost of work constitute , for this reason , they also a limitation with the free competition in the european union?
it was thus inevitable that we vote against this report/ratio .
in spite of the measurements taken in favour of a greater deregulation within the european union , the state aid has always a constructive role to play in the social and economic development .
these assistances can prove to be essential for the environmental protection , the maintenance of the public services and the guarantee of a level of income equal to the inhabitants of the areas economically underprivileged .
we underline the risk , after the dedication of the control of the eu on the important state aid , to see this one targeting the assistances of a weak amount by calling upon the competition made at sme .
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if one consults the bill books of implementation of the budget for headings 2 , 3 , 4 and 7 , one notes that only an average of 8 % of the whole of engagements are covered by payments .
three years ago , we harnessed ourselves there via our initiative for employment by helping small and medium-sized undertakings to obtain venture capital .
the parliament wants to do it in two manners .
it is then only that the european institutions answer their mission .
i benefit from the occasion to expressly thank the vice-president responsible for the budgetary matters , our colleague gerhard schmid , for his constructive collaboration .
we want that this committee is capable to work but we cannot tolerate that it is the place where the requirements of the european parliament , as a branch of the budgetary authority , meet less echo .
that means that 2001 is the last financial year with whole share and it is in this context that it is necessary to evaluate the commission proposal and that which we submit to the parliament .
we want moreover that the administrative expenditure is examined .
since 1985 - i say 85 well - , the committee on budgets of the parliament endeavours to obtain that the procedures of the european parliament take into account the financial incidence of the resolution which vote parliament .
i finish , mr . president , by thanking the other institutions for their diligence in the treatment for this joint declaration .
you have today to pronounce you on a budget which was already amended in first reading by the council .
concerning the structural measures: the amount of the structural measures was renewed overall compared to the budget 2000 .
the attitude of the council with regard to the revision of the financial prospects is serene .
when these various figures are examined , one notes that still remain of the considerable differences on the purely quantitative level but also , naturally , in the field of the bottom .
in this respect , i must announce that , last year , a new decision was made with the council at the end of a long debate and i have little hope to be able to take again this debate .
the financial planning decided in berlin for the period running up to 2006 envisaged 8 ,1 billion euros for program meda .
i would like consequently to request from the council like at the committee on budgets thinking in terms of foreign politics and not only in terms of budget policy , when they are occupied of foreign politics .
the second relates to the assistance to bring to the victims violations of the humans right which need treatments in specialized agencies .
if a compromise solution ready to support the important work of committee emac had suddenly emerged in the course of the time which remains us , we could still settle this question ; if not , the position of our commission remains open .
it is enough for us for remembering it day after day to light our television sets and to note that the middle east crosses one difficult period .
this is why i hope that we will arrive despite everything , at the time of the vote of tomorrow , in the majority necessary for the observatory of dublin .
mr . president , in the name of the rural development and committee on agriculture , i would like to make some remarks and in particular to start , about the rural development .
we asked for the approval of an indicative credit of two million euros for an information campaign on the pcp .
the european commission must negotiate with weighty arguments to manage a reasonable agreement with morocco and the council and the governments concerned must as for them give a political support for this negotiation .
we consider the budget 2001 today , by having at the head the images of the serb population .
as a whole , we would like that these amendments are approved .
however , an important way by which the citizens can make sure that their concerns are taken into account is either the call with the mediator , or the sending of a petition at the parliament .
i will start by speaking about the budget of this parliament .
with surprised many members of my delegation , we have , at the beginning of september , unanimously established a strategic platform . thus , the 400 amendments introduced by some of my colleagues constituted a surprise for a number among us at the committee on budgets .
it is indeed difficult to imagine how new stations could solve the problem of management if , at the commission as with the council , in fact still complex procedures of another age are used to put in uvre many programs .
these last years , this parliament regularly showed that it based its work on a real parsimony .
it is unacceptable to speak , during years , in a very vague way in connection with engagements and them to reaffirm regularly if it is for saying , when it is a question of making its accounts , that it too is for us and that it is now necessary to cut down on our promises .
if we place only a few unhappy million on these lines - and we hardly can more - , we will agitate a carrot which we will have to withdraw when these people need some really .
like the budget of last year , budget 2001 was confronted with quasi insoluble problems: on the one hand , pressure in favour of the consolidation and the austerity measures , like agreed in the inter-institutional agreement , in order to ensure the financing of widening ; in addition , the need shouting for financing of the pact of stability for balkans .
to require better performances implies also more personnel .
the adoption of this amendment , in its initial version , could have started to change gives it , but a majority of the committee on budgets rejected this idea .
and there , alas , the examples are numerous: privileged treatment granted to associations with federalistic vocation or many ong with the function , the philosophy and the operation of most debatable , with the financing of the european political parties , while passing by the sums absorbed in the program prince , to try to persuade the citizens of the member states of the cogency of the euro at the time when the european currency knows a loss of confidence largely shared by europeans , of our danish friends to the leaders of the european central bank .
to finish , our heaton-harris colleague underlined rightly , in the amendments which it proposed , unilateral character of many european programs to the means of which one is used a whole propaganda for the citizen about european integration , and that with its own expenses , note it .
moreover , our administrative systems must be modernized . we must also give the good example .
program meda , devoted to the mediterranean basin , geographical area of the highest strategic importance , constitutes a good example of the lack of capacity of execution .
when one speaks to make reductions or to take money at heading 4 to give resources to certain priorities , one should not forget which are the priorities of the parliament . we revealed this fact clearly at the time of the vote in committee .
this amount must thus be the subject of a clarification .
thank you very much , mr wynn .
that wants to say simply that there are truths elements of flexibility to advance on such or such policy , even when somebody cannot it , or does not wish it , and what applies to the convention countries is also worth for the applicant countries .
i think that austria does not have to complain of what occurred , quite to the contrary .
the recommendations of the regional organizations as well as the experiments of the close countries will be able to undoubtedly contribute to the definition of these means .
in 1984 , 0 ,2 % of the colombian owners had 32 % of the ground .
the council is not there to comment on such or such aspect of this question which is extremely delicate and painful .
at the same time , one cannot engage either as that a debate on questions which are , once again , extremely complexes .
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therefore , i will take care well not to give a final answer to this difficult question .
simply , we have the feeling , and your answer testifies to it a little , that the presidency of the council is not very voluntarist in the treatment of this question .
therefore , the income of this tax will obviously not be null .
me also i excuse them , but we will apply the payment .
if the right side of the room remained quiet , it is thus that we already treated these questions before and in our opinion it is useless to reconsider several times the same topics in this room whereas our time is invaluable .
in addition , in waiting of the adoption of this directive on the prevention of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies , a decision of withdrawal of the materials presenting of the risks taking into consideration these disease was made in june 2000 , in order to stop any new progression of the epidemic and to ensure the consumer possible level of health protection the highest .
i do not have other elements only those which i could communicate to you a few moments ago .
we follow and we know well the work of the commission and the council on the package erika 1 . but , about this passage , which is known of the two countries and known within the european union , which is a particularly difficult passage , borrowed by large boats to only gain a few hours , with the risk that from old tubs come to fail and cause a catastrophe , i would have liked to know , and especially the inhabitants of corsica , sardinia would have liked to know , if it will be possible and if you plan to prohibit purely and simply the passage of the mouths of bonifacio by these large boats , these large containers .
for this reason i think that we must , in theory , of supporting the commission proposals for the revision of the policy as regards personnel .
it is necessary to inject fresh money in the budget for serbia and kosovo .
i hope , mr . president , and i finish some by there , that one nevertheless will cut down the lines by the budget of 50 million euros to finance the agreement of israel peace/plo .
this is why we will propose , in the european parliament , of new measurements which will be less used to seek a new financing - we know that the current economic situation does not allow it - that to seal of new inter-institutional compromises which will improve quality of the expenditure and will take care that no euro is wasted .
think sometimes that in european policy , as in any other field , the moderate options cease being in a majority .
it is conceived to darken rather than to light , and i was disappointed by the attitude adopted today with regard to budgeting by activity .
the fact of breaking down the expenditure according to the activities makes it possible to consider the budget as a political instrument in which the breakdown of the expenditure reflects precise political priorities .
we must find a solution multiannual in order not to have , year after year , discuss again each time the way in which we could find money in favour of the rebuilding of balkans .
those which are interested in the development of a durable agricultural sector are not unaware of that the central dynamics of the recent reform , such as it was agreed in berlin , "moves" constantly of the assistance to the raw materials with the direct support of the incomes of the farmers .
a budget , dear colleagues , is always much more than one simple dance of figures .
lastly , it is immoral , mr . president , to reduce the expenditure for the agricultural policy , for program meda , for the excluded social ones , in order to release from the resources intended to finance engagements of the european union in kosovo and in yugoslavia .
in light , it is advisable to prevent that the serb population does not suffer from the cold and the hunger during this winter .
in addition , i would like to express my concern to see the various parliaments of the young people integrated in program socrates .
of course , it is also advisable to say clearly to the council which he carries a share of responsibility in the insufficient development for certain external programs .
we need now a stable solution concerning these assistances , especially when it acts of their long-term planning for balkans western .
i think that the majority of people would be ready to accept such a cost , provided that this money is used advisedly .
i share the concerns and arguments that the rapporteur , mrs . rühle , evoked this evening research social assistances .
two weeks ago , was held the acp equal parliamentary parliament .
in the same time , we want that budgetary means are invested in the funds for research and information , in order to seek alternatives of production for the current producers of tobacco .
i want to specify clearly that the european union had the most direct influence and most positive that one can imagine on northern ireland .
in this model , the respect of the standards and procedures is ensured by an independent authority and , in last authority , by the judges .
we will thus have , for the first time , a joint decision in first reading on a text extremely complex and strewn with technical difficulties , relative to a particularly significant sector for the protection of the personal freedoms .
it is completely positive that one did not join together in a single authority their respective tasks .
it is known for example that the schengen system garnered more than ten million cards concerning nearly a million and half of citizens , that europol sees its unceasingly widened competences , centralizes information coming from various services of police force of the fifteen member states , and this , under the only control of an authority whose neither competences nor the means are placed at its disposal to enable him to achieve truly another task .
this said , i benefit from the presence of the police chief for saying that it would seem convenient to to me to be worried not only protection of the citizen compared to new technologies , but also of the use of these technologies to promote the capacity of the european citizen to intervene and interact with regard to the european institutions .
the numbered amendments 1 , 2 , 4 to 10 , 12 to 40 , 42 to 54 , 57 , 58 and 60 to 64 take again the text of the council for the points where the commission can give its assent .
it goes without saying , consequently , that its opinion on the legislative proposals which relate to the personal data protection will be very invaluable insofar as it constitutes an important contribution to the legislative debate between the institutions .
the treaty indeed recognizes with the ultraperipheric areas an economic and social situation difficult , worsened by particular handicaps whose permanence and conjugation seriously carry damage to the development of these areas .
it will contribute thus to the promotion of economic and social progress thanks to a level of high employment .
i thus congratulate mrs . sudre and we await impatiently the methods of application of the commission proposals so that it is held account soon specificities , in accordance with article 299 , paragraph 2 of the treaty of amsterdam .
for much of europeans , certain ultraperipheric areas are only tourist destinations on the chart .
our rates of unemployment are among highest of the union .
i delighted that the commission adopted with a vast majority the amendments which i had presented .
it is very important , in my opinion , that the ultraperipheric areas are integrated in the networks transeuropéens transport , energy and telecommunications .
the adoption , unanimously of the members of the commission of the regional policy , of the report/ratio presented by our colleague margie sudre is a testimony of the fidelity of the european parliament towards one of its most important engagements .
we cannot discuss of a series of circumstances and to believe only as of the ideal and idyllic point - let us call it thus - will have been reached , it will not be more necessary to adopt other measures in the treatment of these three zones and , more particularly , of the ultraperipheric areas in question here .
this article , mesdames and messrs , do not certainly allow us to do everything , but it enables us to reinforce and , i think that it is necessary , of widening and of improving our action .
for the preparation of the proposals which are necessary , the commission collaborates obviously with the member states and the areas concerned .
in these areas , let us know we it , there are durably difficulties and i thus believe , objectively , according to their real level of development , which they will have need durably for the support of the regional policy and particular measures .
a meeting of this kind could be organized again in the current of the year 2001 , when we are more advanced in the realization of the program presented in march .
the presidency declared that it was closed and i accept it perfectly .
i believe that the parliament made well stick to the current rules because , like said it another colleague , very often , indeed , in fact the machines did not function , but the deputies who forgot to vote , and if one could correct a vote thereafter , would never finish we .
i am obviously what i eat .
ultimately , mister the police chief , in more of the authority , it is necessary that the qualified commission departments , in collaboration and of coordination with the member states , establish a system of homogeneous and effective controls in all the food chain and that the network of food laboratories of the european union is reinforced and works of coordination with the commission .
it is advisable to avoid all double employment in the scientific research and the activities field , which implies a collaboration with the national and community research centers .
today , we discuss on a white paper and we may find it beneficial to define some great principles .
now , these procedures were amended and modified and we have our own national agency of food safety , food standards agency .
lastly , we will also support several new amendments , more precisely amendments 11-13 , 7-9 and we wish to have a vote in conscience on the amendment 14 .
in this context , i would like to say start which food safety depends entirely on the organization by the rigorous controlling authorities - controls which are as rigorous as the weakest link .
it arises clearly from the examination of this question how much is surface and empty the debate which we carry out on the political unification of europe .
thus let us entrust to the european authority of food safety the only scientific experiment , in connection with our national agencies .
if one makes the statement of the progression of the principal diseases of food origin which currently affect europe , the majority actually made their first appearance in america .
it is nevertheless imperative to define the conditions of sasine of the food authority of safety to guarantee an effective and fast action .
us should also underline , like certain precedents speakers , in particular mr . whitehead and mrs . gebhardt , that the white paper is much more than one new lawful framework within the european union .
mr . president , i feel today at the same time a satisfaction and recognition , on the one hand with regard to the commission which began this work in favour of a better food safety , and on the other hand towards mr . bowis and the whole of the commission of the environment , the public health and the consumer policy .
amendment 17 appears particularly important to me . it provides that one requests council from the organizations of consumers .
another aspect is the organic revision of the standards on labelling , as well for the wholesale as with the detail , a revision which gives finally , thanks to the traceability of the products and their ingredients , correct information with the consumers and allows the determination of the possible responsibilities in the event of risk or crisis .
in my opinion , the development of a new legislation is not a good response to the non-observance of the existing legislation .
at the time of the vote in committee of the environment , we managed to restore a certain balance while inserting in the applicability the questions relating to the nutrition and other references essential with the role of small and medium-sized undertakings in the safeguard of the food practices .
mr . president , i would like to join to me to my colleagues and to congratulate the rapporteur , mr . bowis , for his very constructive approach and very logic of this specific problem .
mr . president , the fact that the white paper on food safety does not have any legislative value by no means does not carry damage to the double value but it revêt undoubtedly .
the rapporteur , like considerable european deputies members of the commission , of which myself , stressed the food authority , which is in fact a little regrettable .
the independence and the autonomy of the organization are the assets which as well as possible serve the interest of the european consumers .
i said myself many time , during all this time , which we had had of the chance with the choice of the rapporteur .
mr . president , i make a point of congratulating our colleague mr . bowis to have really endeavoured to integrate all the points of view in his report/ratio and especially to have accepted that we also referred to the most general notion of the food .
in short , mr . president , the policy cannot withdraw himself from his responsibilities .
but especially , it must gain the respect of its pars and the confidence of the public and lead the governments of the member states to accept its conclusions .
thus i consider a future european authority of food safety .
there is the world health organization in geneva .
i do not hide either , that with the publication of the white paper , i decided against the creation of such an authority .
it thus should be taken care that the european union has the highest possible standards of food safety , but this design - unanimously divided - must also analyze the economic consequences which it induces for the sectors concerned with a requirement of production .
the tasks of the agency will be then the following ones: seek scientific independent , consultation , inspections and controls independent , as well as a fast alarm system , but surely also a task of coordination in order to restore confidence .
it should be said in passing , i would say to the speakers who have refers to the question of the need for being sensitive to promotion local or traditional products that this question is covered by the legislation as regards hygiene .
this consensual climate will facilitate the mission of the commission when the moment has just submitted a balanced proposal which holds account to the maximum of the opinions exposed by the parliament and the many fascinating parts in the field of food safety .
with saying true , this subject was these last years one of the driving forces who carried out , from the political point of view , with the signature of the convention of ottawa .
i point out my opposition to amendments 10 and 19 for concern of budgetary coherence and , as regards amendment 29 , i ask for the vote per blocks in order to have a better formulation of the text which suffers in my eyes of problems of interpretation
here are which raises a first question . the european union and especially the commission must do everything so that the countries which do not have it yet fact sign the convention of ottawa .
- (of) mr . president , dear colleagues , we know all the impact of the anti-personnel mines , although they often cover in certain particular cases of the important military justifications .
it is him which raised for the first time , in 1996 , the question of a horizontal budgetary heading and creation of an adequate legal base in order to provide a single platform to the very many actions undertaken in this important field .
but i cannot occult the fact that the force of persuasion of the union to achieve this goal runs up somewhat against the reserve of certain member states which balk to sign and to ratify convention .
the fight against the mines gains in effectiveness when it adapts to the specific conditions to each situation .
the parliament knows that there exists already much too much about it and that thanks to our proposals for a reform of the external community aid , we hope to withdraw from heaviness control individual projects and to concentrate our debates with the member states on total strategies and programs .
ong proliferated to meet the needs . and yet , force is to note that approximately four years after the first conference of the united nations on the anti-personnel mines which was taken place in geneva and more than one year after the entry into force of convention of ottawa , many countries and the thousands of people in the world , generally in the poorest areas , continue to undergo the terrible consequences of the anti-personnel landmines and of the not exploded ammunition .
it is necessary that the commission improves at the same time quality of its programs and the speed of their setting in uvre .
however , i think that , if you traverse them once again in a very attentive way , you will notice that there are several amendments which you quoted which , in my opinion , relate on public awareness campaigns , the transparency , the access reserved to ong , on things which function very well in this moment but which could still function more effectively .
mrs . bonino and mr . patten are right also to declare that the parliament and the council should not be occupied of the administrative questions , and i listened to very attentively the remarks made by mr . patten on this subject , because it estimates obviously that us should even less occupy us .
mr . president , here well a long time that our group actively intervenes on all the range of the requests and measurements which are essential , since the interruption of the production , the destruction of stocks , the stop of marketing , until the mineclearing operations , the rehabilitation of the victims and sensitizing .
in the states then to support the process in the international enclosures .
the mines naturally represent a major obstacle with the rebuilding of these countries and the return of the refugees .
at the rate/rhythm where we go , like that was known as before , it would be necessary for us much more than 100 years to disencumber planet of the anti-personnel mines .
the third field relates to the concrete measures to propose , control and carry out .
for each child that we protect in bosnia , africa and of dead or from the horrible wounds generated elsewhere by the mines , the efforts which we all provide are justified .
it is necessary indeed to make pressure on the european convention countries which did not sign , like finland , or which did not ratify , like greece .
my dear colleagues , look at finland !
lastly , we hope that the future tasks of the common european military force will envisage the training of technicians , especially of people having a local interest in the disappearance of the mines .
it is not underlined either that the list of the countries most seriously reached is mainly made up of country in the process of development .
the proposals of the european parliament could not be more in contradiction with the objectives of lisbon .
the rapporteur , mrs . van lancker , wish that the parliament decide to modify the commission proposal , mainly by adding to it certain fields for which the legislation is suitable , and in addition , by defining a certain number of rights at the european level .
thus the process of luxembourg , which applies to the employment policy , should be extended to social protection and social exclusion .
greatest powers like germany , france , great britain and , to a certain extent , italy , agrees very to subject to their domination the small countries of eastern europe or the south which require their adhesion of the european union .
however , we think for legal reasons that it is an error to refer as of now in article 6 of the treaty establishing the european community , because it could not formally be adopted within convention - because of its structure - and thus does not have a legal existence .
it thinks that the inclusion of a new text in the treaties is likely to sow legal confusion .
in addition , the rapporteur has the echo of the new theory in vogue in brussels , the alleged one doubles legitimacy of the european union: that of the citizens represented by the european parliament and that of the states represented by the council .
the swedish and danish social democrat deputies voted this day against the report/ratio written by mr . olivier duhamel on the constitutionalization of the treaties .
it is essential that the european union evolves to a constitution which incorporates the charter of the basic rights .
a constitution would have direction only if it constituted the democratic framework of a real european federation , of the united states d' europe .
it said to us to have believed to include/understand , in agreement with a great part of the political community , which we preferred to govern our relations with the other countries by an international treaty .
 . (in) i accomodate the report/ratio of mr . duhamel like an interesting and constructive contribution to the idea of the constitutionalization of the treaties .
they think that a reorganization and a simplification of the treaties would make it possible to the citizens to better encircle the field of the responsibilities for the eu , its limits , as well as the procedures of exercise of the responsibilities in question . the charter of the rights was prepared on the basis of convention implying the national parliaments , the european parliament and the representatives of the government .
until the treaty of amsterdam in 1997 , europe was a super intergovernmental trade union .
group edd voted against the report/ratio gil-robles gil-delgado on a reinforced co-operation .
it indeed expresses the design of a union too much monolithic , where all the co-operations should be expressed inside the "single institutional framework" , and where they all should be directed towards the objective of the super-state .
it is thus necessary to avoid slowing down the walk of the unit and thus authorizing certain member states with going from before while developing the mechanism of the reinforced co-operations .
the operational structures of the single market were always a success since the beginning of the years 1990 .
 . (nl) the co-operation at the european level can be useful to solve the transborder problems .
these zones could be a formidable laboratory as regards durable development .
the technocrats , the european judges , thus wanted to remove "the granting of sea" which feeds in resources our communes of the dom and especially protects our craftsmen .
on the other hand , france has overseas territories in the indian ocean and the caribbean .
its independence will be an essential element with its credibility .
our vote thus clarified the role and the composition of the future european authority , but also specified our requirements concerning its financing and its independence .
in the second place , the european agency must be completely independent .
it is necessary to hold account of the type of husbandries and agro-industrial , of the problems of the food imports of goods , the composition of the ingredients of feedingstuffs , of the levels maxima of dioxanes and residues of pesticides , of the food and different components , by giving the priority to food safety .
we voted for the amendment 15 bus us are very strongly attached to the defense of the european cultural inheritance related to the local food production .
we do not have margin in almost any category .
we would like also to register 50 % with the budgetary heading and to put 50 % in reserve .
i note here that other proposals aim at decreasing this budget .
report/ratio (a5-0300/2000) of mrs . haug , in the name of the committee on budgets , on the draft general budget of the european union for 2001 - section iii , commission (c5-0300/2000 - 1999/2190 (bud))
madam the president , i seem signatory of certain amendments of this report/ratio .
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the true surprise of this budget relates to the external actions where dominates selfishness and the meanness .
other resources could be resolved by means of the instrument of flexibility .
i voted against the haug report/ratio , in the same manner that i voted in favour of the proposal for a my group for the rejection of the general budget for 2001 .
we refer in particular to the new pilot project which will finance the actions of information within the framework of the fight against the paedophilia .
that shows , in a certain way , the little of motivation which causes the european project , even among the politically active citizens .
20 to 30 % of the markets will thus again be offered to private competition .
since all that is not guaranteed in the report/ratio presented , i voted against the report/ratio .
if one combines the low inadmissible level of the national limits , which decimates the premiums , with the reductions suggested of the quantities of withdrawal - 5 % for citrus fruits , 8 ,5 % for apples and pears and 10 % for the remainder of the fruit and vegetables of the volume intended for the market - one understands that , for great quantities of products processed containing fruit and vegetables , there will be no exit for the distribution . that would have as result the total fall of the prices , the putrefaction of the products in the fields and the installations of conditioning of the co-operatives , thus obliging the farmers to unearth what they cultivated .
i voted for this report/ratio because it corresponds to waitings of the portuguese organizations of the horticultural sector , which assert a draconian change of the ocm on the horticultural fruits and products considered deeply harmful with the national interests .
report/ratio johan van hecke (a5-0296/2000)
this problem plunges its roots in the sacrifice of all and all , even of the climate and environmental quality , on the furnace bridge of the capitalist exploitation of the resources and the disproportionate profit .
the rich countries had decided in kyoto to deal with the cleaning of their own atmosphere , even if it were also allowed to them , within rather strict limits , to register on their own list of results the reductions of emissions which they help to obtain elsewhere .
 . the fight against the effect of greenhouse is a major stake for the industrialized countries , a duty in particular towards the people of the third world which already pay of their life the consequences of the climatic reheating .
all art consists in putting up with it in an intelligent way .
it will also be necessary to ensure and reinforce the effort directed towards the detection of the suspectées substances of beings of the disturbers endocriniens , perhaps within a legislative framework .
the consumer and small and medium-sized undertakings do not benefit yet enough from the domestic market , whose introduction of the euro devotes completion .
moreover , the latter obliged the banks up to now to communicate the transborder transfers of more than 12 500 euros at their central bank for purposes of the statistics of the balance of payments .
these companies will have naturally to satisfy identical matter requirements of safety and bleaching .
we are informed even of case in which the expenses of transaction for transborder payments increased subsequently to the introduction of the euro , and that in considerable proportions .
the european central bank could contribute to it by imposing a formula of transfer standardized for the payments at the european level , like by supporting the introduction of a single standard for the classification of the financial accounts within international system iban .
it is essential that the consumers accept the euro .
madam the president , the report/ratio of mrs . peijs , relating to the payments of detail in the domestic market , takes again the old claim of the european parliament on the high cost of the transborder transfers within the union .
the peijs report/ratio says it itself to considering d of the draft resolution . i quote: "the high expenses related to the transborder transfers harm the confidence of the consumers in the euro" .
we have thus to make still much in this field , but on this point , the resources and the means of the policies are limited than than we can make for this question of the payments of detail in the domestic market .
the market of the euro is felt like an interior space and the citizens do not include/understand why , in this space where the risks related to the exchange are null and where electronic payments , in particular the banking transactions by the internet , are increasingly current , a transfer between munich and salzburg is much more expensive than a transfer between munich and kiel .
the achievement of this objective will still require , with you as with us , of many years of work .
we will also benefit from the occasion to consider the shortening of the completion period of the transborder payments that the report/ratio of mrs . peijs requires with insistence .
the debate is closed .
it seems however of good policy to prefer a pragmatic step and of proximity , which places the small company at the cur of the device , rather than a proposal which , under pretext of avoid powdering , would only be used to produce right statistics of which the use concretes would be perfectly impossible .
concretely , i have three observations to formulate on this program .
let us recall that the first community action plan in this field was adopted in 1983 , i .e . seventeen years ago .
in addition , i always wanted to achieve these goals via an effective and pragmatic policy .
i would say that they are true economic commandos and of innovation , being in first line and very exposed to the inherent risks in this field .
we will have finally to hold account of the results of work of the conference "sciences and governorship" which was held , last week , in brussels , under the aegis of the center of technological futurology of seville , as well as follow-up of this conference , because there are many interferences with the subject which we cover today .
the rapporteur details a series of priorities aiming at reinforcing the european entrepreneurship .
it is excellent for the image of europe because one can help people in a fast way , correct and qualified .
mr . president , i wish me to also to associate me the thanks for the excellent work provided by mrs . montfort .
the important thing , it is to find the happy medium , to prevent that of aucuns do not fail the costs of the others continuously .
it is not right and i thus support this report/ratio !
such is also the guiding principle of the charter for the small companies .
the program will make so that the networks provide this information .
it is obvious that the principal goal of this plan is to suppress the emigration towards the european convention countries , as to repatriate people who live illegally in the union .
i particularly underline the need for installation of measurements for the improvement of interior safety , the reinforcement of the dialogue between europeans and the regional authorities of albania and , with regard to the commission and the council , the promotion of particular actions in co-operation with the albanian , italian and greek authorities .
the absence of social , economic and political reports/ratios , combined with the lack of safety and organized criminality lead to flows of emigration of mass .
mr . president , contrary to my colleague pack , my opinion is that the more there will be groups which will be occupied of albania , the better it will be .
it is of course not possible to immediately find a solution with the problem as a whole , but in a little the longer term , the goal is to create a world of equity and reason , which offers to the men safety and of the possibilities for the future .
there is also a ditch enters , on the one hand , the givers , i .e . us all , europe , the united states , which give money , which work out projects , and , on the other hand , people who work on the ground .
thus let us use the bilateral agreements , which , in a legal and clear way , will define work , the duration of stay , the place of stay , remuneration , the hours , the working conditions and social security , so that the emigrants become thus a force which will emphasize the savings in our countries and will contribute to the friendship and the co-operation between people and not to the culture of aspirations nationalist and worthy of the cold war .
men and women are returned whereas they had been more or less integrated .
the priority should not be given to the means of limiting flows of migrants or refugees , but with the manner of improving the living conditions of the area so that people do not have to leave their hearth .
mr . president , i also believe me , like a so quite known as mrs . dimitrakopoulos , whom it remains in the center of what constitutes the difficulties of albania - economic , social and of internal safety - the question of helping this country to restore its state of right , to confer safety to its citizens , to restore the authority of its institutions and its local governments .
i divide the opinion of our liese colleague , according to whom we need to establish a burden-sharing of the policy of asylum and the policy of the refugees .
the action plan for albania was adopted in june of this year , and it is thus the sixth of the kind .
one notes , in the population , a diffuse frustration , but also an ignorance of the community legislation . we wish to invite the european parliament as well as the other community institutions not to move back in front of the small heavy work , to work with precision , to devote time and the personnel necessary to the achievement of the tasks .
with this report/ratio , we want to show the citizens whom we take with serious the their complaints relative to the poor quality of the legislation like those relating to regionalization and centralization excessive .
the covered subject is of course essence , even if the restricted number people present to discuss it inevitably does not let it suppose at first sight .
moreover , and it is an essential point , the report/ratio tackles the question of the subsidiarity , which , this evening , raises the controversy in this hemicycle .
it would be as very interesting as it makes an inventory of fixtures of the legislation , in the light of this principle , to make it more effective and more relevant simpler , more transparent , by disencumbering it of the superfluous texts , like invites there paragraph 6 of this report/ratio .
after having studied the relationship with much attention , i concluded from there that it does not even act of a political principle but of a theological principle .
it is thus necessary to guarantee the recognition of the principle of subsidiarity until the smallest communities , autonomous realities , the intermediate formations , the social formations , the families and the citizens who are single the true sovereigns of the legislative and administrative action .
i thus will give you a synthetic vision of the situation .
i give to the word to mr . police chief .
is this a field where us should evolve to a detailed regulation , with the guarantee that it will be put in uvre everywhere or should evolve us to a voluntary agreement , provided that it can be put in uvre and controlled?
- (of) if i voted in favour of the report/ratio , even if some of my amendments were not adopted , it is because it also leans on the question of the high expenses of exchange and transfer in the zone euro .
when , into approximately fifteen months , the same coins and bills are introduced into eleven member states , it will be more expensive to get this new monetary unit apart from the country where one saw .
mr . president , mister the police chief , dear colleagues , i would like to start by saying that i consider it regrettable that the police chief of fishing , mr . fischler , cannot be among us today .
this one must encourage the co-operation as regards fishing and the moroccan fisheries sector and at the same time fully satisfy the interests of fishing of the european fleets .
we consequently arrived to a consensus to work from the point of view of a responsible partnership , after which morocco will present its point of view at a meeting which will be held , as you underlined , in brussels , october 30 , i .e . monday .
here a few weeks , i went myself to algeciras , on the spanish southern coast . it is not far from morocco .
with the wire of time , we could observe that they were not only difficult but also that they could become impossible .
by the means of the agreements of fishing , the european union can carry on activities of fishing and exchange prerogatives of fishing with third countries .
i read in a swedish technical review on the fishing how one of these boats unloads its catch with el aaiún , which is described like a moroccan port .
all that is put to the test . it is the whole of our agreements of fishings and not simply with morocco since there are also mauritania and soon guinea , inter alia , - which are called into question .
one spent eleven months to arrive from there at the point of inflection where we are currently , namely the meeting of the 30 and , in this direction , we also know to appreciate the last measurements taken by the fischler police chief , the results of her voyage from the 26 in morocco and the interviews held with a high level , including with the king himself .
but i would like to submit to the commission , represented with dignity today by the police chief busquin , some very short messages .
my question at the commission is as follows: if one does not manage an agreement with morocco , or if this agreement is concluded in the terms announced by the commission , an agreement which stimulates the moroccan production , does the commission think of adopting structural measures to compensate for the delay which will occur in the affected areas?
as we imagined it , the difficulties of negotiation with the moroccan authorities were large .
lastly , with the case , regrettable , where the negotiations would fail , the union has the political and moral obligation to support the fishermen and the owners by assistances satisfactory and ready to ensure them of the means of subsistence .
it is necessary to reduce the surplus production capacity of the community fishing industry .
this is why we as fast as possible need close economic and political relations with morocco , while defending at the same time the interests of our european fishermen .
this is why the commission works on the basis of partnership new aiming at a development interesting the two parts with , on the one hand , the integral development of the fisheries sector of morocco , the fleet , the aquiculture , the commercial transformation , the search and , on the other hand , the granting for possibilities of fishing to the european fishermen .
rights of the professors of language
the difference is clear , and not only in german language .
in july 1999 , the commission carried this procedure of infringement before the court of justice .
therefore , unless one does not manage to harmonize the systems - what we hope for - in this moment , the respect of the principle of subsidiarity cannot allow that one makes pass for a discrimination what , much more probably , is the request for a privilege .
we can undoubtedly admit that the preceding commission , that of mr . santer , was not the best , this is why it went ourselves from there .
the members of the legal commission and the domestic market of the whole of the union and all the parties , met to proclaim uselessness speaking about rights and recommending the adoption of charters of rights if , in quite real situations where individuals are private their rights , one does not do anything so that these rights are recognized and respected . such is the problem in this case .
this attitude is completely unacceptable in modern europe .
the field of education obviously raises still of subsidiarity , but in the framework of the treaties , freedom of movement for the workers and the prohibition of discrimination are clean for us with all , although we - and particularly me , because i come from a very federative state - we declare in favour of the principle of subsidiarity like principle of order of the co-operation within the european union and that we engage so that the conferring of powers between the levels in europe are classified as fast as possible according to the principle of subsidiarity .
in this context , it cannot be question of discrimination any more .
you , mr . president , would you be made look after by somebody who knows well the surgical terms in italian , english , french , german , or by a surgeon?
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we express our deeper sympathy to them .
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