we all know very well that the current treaties are not enough and , in the future , it will be necessary to develop a structure better and different for the european union , a structure more constitutional also make it clear what are the competences of the member states and what belongs to the union . 
messages of concern in the first place just before the economic and social problems for the present situation , and in spite of sustained growth , as a result of years of effort by all our fellow citizens . 
the current situation , unsustainable above all for many self-employed drivers and for the sector of agriculture , must improve without a doubt . 
in itself , it is good to reach agreement on the procedures , but we must take care that this system is not likely to be used as a weapon policy . 
now they have also clear rights to be respected . 
i agree with your signal warning against the return , which some are tempted to the intergovernmental methods . 
there are many of those of us who want to a federation of nation states . 
the rapporteurs have pointed out the quality of the debate and also the need to go further . of course , i can only agree with them . 
the latter i say that , before i make a statement learn , learn and measuring forces available , given that the political debate must be realistic and reciprocate always to the reality of forces and the objectives that all of us are proposing . 
i would like to began by this closer cooperation , to give some examples of the new potential european . 
the vote will take place today at 12.30 p.m . 
the commission cannot accept amendment no 12 . 
i shall vote in favour of adopting the draft regulation . 
the reports of the european court of auditors not leave also pointed out these subestimaciones , from greece to portugal . 
therefore , we have not voted in favour of this report . 
according to its supporters , these buses are not only cheaper and versátiles internationally , but also more environmentally friendly because they use less fuel per passenger . 
it also calls for setting reference values to disseminate best practice throughout the eu . 
a binding charter encompassing all possible cases and that enuncie rights which imposition is absolutely legal could raise difficulties later . 
i am grateful to both his magnificent work . 
however , we feel that this cannot be dealt with by now concluded in nice in less than three months , so it is for this reason we cannot vote in favour of the charter may be included in the treaty at the nice summit . 
- ( de ) the group of the european csu welcomes the fact that the present draft charter of fundamental rights is collected and do visible fundamental rights that citizens will maintain against the eu 's institutions and bodies . 
reflects the liberal europe which is built . 
in fact , would have liked this charter withdraw to be able to continue working on it , as propose many non-governmental organisations in various countries of the european union . 
( a5-0248 / 2000 ) by mr queiró , on hungary ( com ( 1999 ) 505 - c5-0028 / 2000 - 1997 / 2175 ( cos ) ] ; 
therefore , i would like to put forward just that next year parliament not to present a report general but reports for countries to stress that ensuring a development differentiated of negotiations . 
i think , secondly , on the basis of the work undertaken by the previous presidencies and by the commission , the french presidency will be in a position - at least i hope - to present a precise assessment of the accession process . 
i have said , and i have no problem at repeat it here , the french presidency will not shirk any of the difficulties submitted , which does not mean that we will have the time and the necessary means to deal with each of them . 
this is an issue which is perfectly legitimate , but it is necessary zanjarla in the right way and precise . 
enlargement is a broad perspective that we need to approach with vision and a great deal of generosity . 
not everything outcome of the intergovernmental conference ajustaría to the formidable demands of adjustment that enlargement entails . 
the second major change that we are experiencing and the fact that europe must adapt is the enormous speed of economic development , that we directed towards the global market and towards the global competition . 
fourthly , as previous emerges from the principle that is given to states which have been incorporated subsequent to the negotiations the fair opportunity to join with those that have begun before . 
in the areas in which is necessary to make investments substantive and long term to achieve the levels of the eu , it must be borne in mind that , in the same s circumstances , the current member disfrutaron long transitional periods . 
in the protection of borders and the fight conra crime will apply equally our standards and the advantages of european cooperation . 
look again at trade flows which now exist between the european union and the countries of central and eastern europe . 
i was delighted that the commissioner has begun , finally , to inform the people that the fears of the talks do not have to be certain . 
this compromise , which they themselves purchased , must be adhered to be possible until accession to the european union . 
for this we need the support of the commission , because although we have the necessary will , sometimes we lack of ammunition indispensable . 
this is something which is essential to power , as the european union , to set the objectives aimed at the implementation of our own internal reforms . 
however , there are points and questions of scale of which we disagree with . 
this is damaging to the european union itself , to its future independent in connection with north america and also a security and defence policy common european , as also introduces risks with russia and with other countries . 
we expect to see results and that you do not postpones for another intergovernmental conference , it must be done to ensure that enlargement can take place . 
- ( fr ) i shall be brief , as i have been a moment ago , because in my first speech , i finished three minutes before . 
it is very important , and from this point of view i am delighted that the commission to work in an information campaign , which the commissioner verheugen wants is both large and decentralised . 
but - and will be my last words , because i would like to say clearly : i am not pessimistic in the field and i ando with chiquitas , i would like an option vigorous with regard to enlargement - to have credibility , we must also be serious , we must understand must also be able to collect the accession of the peoples of the peoples of the candidate countries and our peoples . 
at the moment , i do not see any need to talk about the financial perspective in connection with enlargement . 
i cannot say today of a single country . 
for the same reason have expressed , incidentally , i wish to join the european union . 
we shall now give the floor to the various rapporteurs . 
i have been given the mission to be rapporteur in relation to estonia . 
as conservative , i am very careful with taxpayers ' money . 
i believe that only then would have an idea of approximately what people have succeeded in latvia in recent years . 
this is not enough , a global strategy must be directed more looking towards the citizens . 
lithuania has considerable potential for economic growth in the long term . 
in the broadest sense it is the european union 's cooperation with the russian federation . 
and i have here a sensitive issue : the support of public opinion , inside and outside the european union . 
as a result of a intelligent fiscal policy , direct foreign investments of last year exceeded the 5.450. millions of euros . 
we do not want to interfere and much less us germans . 
democracy slovak develops a stable and previously had seen the opposite . 
in this speech , i propose to highlight and systematize the six aspects of the development of the situation hungarian with a view to accession to the european union , worthy of a particular reference . 
therefore , i am pleased to see that has been discussed this subject in the general report on enlargement . 
finally , i must mention a cloud ominous hanging over europe and i must specify that i say this in a personal capacity . 23 years agents secret bulgarians launched a campaign criminal in western europe and attack certain people , including my friend georgi markov , writer known and an integral part of the media , who was murdered in a street london in full day . 
the creation of a high level group is something that i recommend my colleagues . 
the report i have the honour of them and that has also been approved unanimously in committee notes that the part of the territory controlled by the legal authority fulfils the copenhagen political criteria . 
to this end , and without prejudice , of course , on the part of the commission our representative of the cfsp , mr solana , will play a key role . 
the main problem for the malta remains , however consists of that the accession process is enjuiciado differently by the government and the opposition and the european union is important that this accession process goes so continued . 
even between the usa and mexico levels are closest . this is why , in the sector of the internal market , we spoke in favour of a strategy well recapacitada , flexible and appropriate to the challenges . 
but i would also like to say at this point that i have respect for the citizens of the countries of central and eastern europe , who ten years ago have had the courage to take to the streets and launch this process . 
the information society is important for the former and for the new industry . 
we cannot leave cegar by the percentages of community law collected in national legislation . 
this means that the environment only will recover a sensitive in eastern europe when full between 15 and 20 years now . it is unacceptably long . 
this also applies to the transport of live animals for slaughter , which is something degrading . 
we are trying now to impose this obligation to carry out assessments of the consequences for health in the case of all the legislation of importance . 
my opinion report must also speak of the european union and must make clear that european funds for regional development cannot continue to otorgándose on the basis of a mere distribution accounting between regions or localities . 
elmar brok has begun rightly your speech to the point that we are all going to be beneficiaries of enlargement , and in particular which we are on this side of the current external border . 
the inland waterways is going to be important for environmental reasons , because we must draw from the road goods and if not we can transportarlas to rail , then we must use the inland sea and river . 
it was also a question of selfishness and , above all , of populism , and the change to the low of the euro has not helped certainly in the right direction . 
our message to the candidate countries is the following : it does not stop confuse for the extension of the reports before us , the files . 
unfortunately , at this moment there are many parties which have removed the mask ideological and show , therefore , very few ideals and too materialism . 
if you need to postpone the right to free acquisition of land and shelter for use family , let us do so . 
there is until now , but can run danger owing to the lack of transparency and resistance obvious , although not public , of some governments . 
furthermore , where are the million jobs by the maastricht treaty ? 
at the moment we are revising the treaties , some member states are calling for a new reform . 
the majority of international studies show that enlargement means benefits macroeconomic . 
however , except minorities insignificant , no political group is calling into question the main objective of the policy of slovenia , that of join as soon as possible in the european union . 
once the union had extended quickly , we should diferenciarla considerably , as stated in the position on enlargement adopted by the eldr group . 
for me there is no doubt that the obligatory regime and institutional which operates in that country da as a result many long-term consequences for the health of children orphans . 
ask you to support the relevant amendments . 
and even us , european politicians , we say very little understanding in the negotiation process . 
cyprus will be a sort of bridge to the countries of the region . 
i wish the negotiators continue their work successfully in this important area . 
of course , it is also important to a second kind of communication between our countries and the countries which seek accession to convey what it is in the european union . 
we cannot allow the luxury of losing occasions such as those that there was at the beginning of the 1990s . 
mr president , first of all , as socialist rapporteur for the report on romania , i would like to congratulate the rapporteur for his excellent report . 
it is for the institutions , for the member states , for us all , to be to meet this challenge , also with regard to the fears of our own public opinion , and regain encouragement the ambition and the vision of europe 's founding fathers . 
unfortunately , i have the feeling that this enlargement process despite the many and fine words and the applied openness and closure of numerous chapters , it is not driven by the council with the necessary energy policy . 
many countries of the union afrontaron similar problems in some time in their development and can advise bulgaria to help it to overcome those with which faces at the moment . 
democracy is not only a question of majorities but above all a codecision procedure balanced of minorities . 
the candidate countries must be considered to be equally and their accession will depend exclusively of their own development . 
at the same time we have to recognize the efforts made by countries such as lithuania , to compensate for the lost time . 
therefore , is in our interest to extend our legal system and freedoms to romania , and this is undoubtedly an argument in the debate with our public opinion . 
however , there is an issue on the basis of which there is great interest : enlargement . 
my group supports this is why the deadlines for transitional periods in the sector of the environment to a maximum of five years . 
mr president , it is essential to give him a positive impetus to enlargement . 
certainly the debate remains open in the order of accession of these countries , because it will have to see the progress of its internal reforms . 
i am glad that the report is very positive and that slovenia has done really so massive to satisfy the criteria - which i have seen on several occasions as a director of the delegation still also present to the commissioner . 
in my opinion , this proposal is to be examined . 
these forms of violence and trade in women must be condemned and combated by now , with all the means both in the eu and in the candidate countries . 
a final note , with this occasion , i would like to share the thoughts and considerations of many members regarding the need to look at once and for all attentively , the issue of the limits of europe and , therefore , how much will be , as well as the convenience of drafting a report on particular of the european parliament . 
the minutes of yesterday 's sitting have been distributed . 
thank you . 
from time to time it says in this house that in a europe of citizens rights must be enshrined properly in the right of the union . 
i put to the vote the request for postponement of the committee on legal affairs and the internal market . 
we know that the undesirable substances involved almost never affect immediately , but harmful substances in the long term , substances of long life and acumulables , such as dioxins , the aflatoxinas , and metals , such as cadmium , lead and mercury . 
we cannot seek guilty . 
if allows " dilute " products in this case , we must demand as minimum that this should be sent to the control services , and that it will be made public that the product has diluted . in fact , should also be publicizing and hold a public debate on this problem . 
however , it must be clear that the dioxin crisis was the result of criminal acts that contravenían existing rules . 
mr president , i would like to thank the members who have spoken before me . 
it is imperative . 
for example , the limit value for fish meal is different from the proposed in the products of animal origin not marino . 
it is high time to end with an interpretation fallacious the principle of subsidiarity , which aims to increase every day the tutelage of brussels on our nations . 
like the rapporteur , i believe that there are grounds for making all these things and to analyse the substances which has made reference which , although not they are toxic for themselves , show increases in the highest levels . 
unfortunately , has been lost much of the knowledge legacy , wisdom a farmer in industrial production in which animals have been reduced to be production units and goods . 
the new regulations fusionarán , armonizarán and would simplify requirements hygiene very complex and detailed until now were esparcidos in many directives . 
according to my enquiries , the number of those who are reporting on the exact content is relatively small . 
secondly , it is obvious that in spite of everything is going to introduce a change which affects the farmers , who are the producers of raw materials used in feedingstuffs . in the future , they are being forced to destroy a substantially larger number of items of raw materials . 
these compensation are necessary , although it is clear that the farmers themselves are esmeran maximize for garnatizar the health of their animals . 
amendment no 18 proposes explicitly which includes the water in the definition of feedingstuffs . 
on the basis of these scientific assessments of the elements of risk , the commission will propose to member states appropriate measures to limit the presence of these substances in animal feed . 
having studied the amendments tabled for the approval in this plenary sitting , i am grateful for parliament 's support to the proposal . 
in general terms , therefore , the commission can accept 15 of the 27 amendments . 
i i assume that is not it will his . 
the commission has undertaken to elaborarla and has also announced that it will not be able to complete it overnight . 
farmers simply need to hear more exactly , also in figures percentage - at least when it soliciten- , everything that contain compound feedingstuffs and what proportion is present . 
graefe zu baringdorf , and also to mrs roth-behrendt for their reports and express my hope that the council has taken a constructive position in relation to these issues and we can establish a common system of declaration more transparent for feedingstuffs . 
all this , of course , is due to the tragedy of bse , which has been a real ongoing saga , with various episodes . 
we cannot accept the use of harmful substances , damaging to the health of people and animals . 
but let us begin with the good news . 
this proposal is the first in a number of initiatives based on the white paper on food safety . 
thank you , commissioner . 
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report ( a5-0248 / 2000 ) by mr queiró , on behalf of the committee on foreign affairs , human rights , common security and defence policy , on the application for membership of hungary in the european union and the development of the negotiations [ com ( 1999 ) 505 - c5-0028 / 2000 - 1997 / 2175 ( cos ) ) 
report ( a5-0247 / 2000 ) by baroness nicholson of winterbourne , on behalf of the committee on foreign affairs , human rights , common security and defence policy , on the application for membership of romania to the european union and the development of the negotiations [ com ( 1999 ) 510 - c5-0033 / 2000 - 1997 / 2171 ( cos ) ) 
thirdly , perhaps the most difficult , that the council to approve a new institutional steps which will allow the community operate effectively , efficient and democratic after enlargement . 
although it agrees with the principles of article 13 , it is clear that secondary legislation which the european union produces since he is sometimes very far , and that there is no reason for denying the candidate countries to a right to differentiation cultural . 
in conclusion , i must stress the fact that the enlargement process must be progressive , at the rate of the adaptation of the candidate countries . 
. in the current context and given the voices which have started to oírse attacking the enlargement of the european union , it is important that this parliament to give a clear political signal in favour of the same . 
. ( fr ) since its creation , the european union has inclination to bring together the peoples . 
the criteria of the council in copenhagen in 1993 on democratisation or the ability to compete strengthened , by way of " acquis communautaire ' , the reign of a unbridled capitalism and destructive . 
in these conditions , a flight forward in the enlargement runs the risk of emphasising the flow populist and fascistoides expressed here and there . 
on the agenda of this sitting is precisely a report on equal opportunities between men and women , which is to give an indication of how poor results is making the acquis communautaire in practice precisely in this area . 
who could , in fact , refuse entry in the european parliament , to the poland of copérnico and john paul ii , the hungary martyred in 1956 in budapest , or the capital-símbolo , prague , when democracies popular defenestraban the head of state and aplastaban the people of jan palach , inmolado for freedom ? 
a larger europe and more tasks precise new and greater financial resources . 
i take this opportunity to welcome to the elderly and pensioners of estonia hoping that attention to their chances of live within the european union . 
if latvia is progressing and the european union adapted its institutional structure and its policies in order to cope with enlargement , i do not see any reason why latvia should not be able to join the union . 
if lithuania continues to progress and the european union adapted its institutional structure and its policies in order to cope with enlargement , i do not see any reason why the lithuania should not be able to join the union . 
in the area of the environment has also been checked progress obvious , with the creation of the ' national fund for environmental protection ' and the application of the principle of ' contaminador-pagador " . 
by allowing the entry of poland in the common house , the union will do justice to the newly arrival : justice which it has been negada for too long . 
i await with interest the early incorporation of the czech republic . 
. i welcome the report queiró on the application for membership of hungary in the european union and i agree with most of the conclusions is the rapporteur . 
i await with interest that bulgaria to join the union in the not too distant future . 
poos report ( a5-0249 / 2000 ) 
this is a point of view fair and balanced that the council of ministers must take seriously . 
i hope it is certainly true that the negotiations which have been under the auspices of the united nations may have results , so that both populations , cyprus and greek benefit together of the advantages of its entry into the eu within a republic reunited . 
. i very much welcome the poos report on the request for accession of cyprus to the european union . 
however , those of us consumers , we are in the last stage of the food chain and therefore we are the receiving end of the abuse and counterfeits food . 
we particularly concerns which , at european level and concrete form , food safety departs from the dehesa to table . 
precisely because we are in favour of the development of cooperation relations , really fraternales and between partners really equals , between all the countries of the world , we have no intention , with our vote , masking a superchería . 
the council inform parliament before the vote in committee , but with a margin of time very small , ruling out this deliberately any possibility of a debate additional me or parliament . 
in my report i am in favour of greater representation and participation of ngos , greater accountability to parliament , drafting an annual report to be debated in parliament , the highest possible level of transparency , the promotion of remember the last in the fight against prejudices and the recognition of the multiple discrimination . 
at the same time , we must take into account the legitimate interests of employees . 
as primarily responsible for solving the problems of discrimination at work , the social partners are more favourable position for propose solutions implementable . 
jenny was the collective " access charter ' . it was the coordinator of the group and i invited the hearings on article 13 . 
practice because directives and the action programmes encourage the member states to combat discrimination based on the same premises and that the commission is able to fulfil its role as guardian of the treaties and also of a pioneer in social debate . 
if the present legal basis liberates appropriations for new preparatory actions , their funding within this category could lead to a reduction in appropriations for other policies . 
ladies and gentlemen , we are faced with a proposal for a framework directive necessary but insufficient , whose mechanisms will have the opportunity to perfecting a after a period of application . 
i hope that the commission to study carefully the legislation sex discrimination in the light of this new directive . 
i congratulate the commission and my colleagues who have produced the report . 
i am glad the recommendation of the mann report to give the organizations of an ideological the possibility of requiring the staff certain requirements to office in connection with such character . 
the speed with which the institutions have made use of the powers of amsterdam , commissioner , demonstrates that the european union is still a pioneer in equal opportunities , and i would like to thank very explicitly to the european commission for this . 
the presence of discrimination very diverse order in our societies confirms the importance of the programme of action is the subject of the report by mr cashman . 
mr president , on behalf of the bonino list , i would like to express dismay that we are the way in which europe and the member states are facing the issue of discrimination , of racism and xenophobia . 
can you explain the commissioner why the commission is desentiende of this ? 
secondly , while recognizing their importance , in my opinion , this is a problem which is invite ngos to participate in the implementation of the programme , regardless of its size , nature and its action . 
the liberal group and democratic has considered all this , but in particular the activity of parliament who wanted to insist , also and above all , in the prevention of phenomenon , as well as the good practices . 
represents a challenge to all of us because all judge people by the first impression . 
mr president , fight and legislate against discrimination is tantamount to recognise that there are , and even that are often " legalizadas " because they are trivializadas . 
the first , the cnucyd , the united nations conference on trade and development , developed in 1963 in geneva , the principle of inequalities compensatory and therefore of the discrimination . 
in fact , information and awareness-raising are of fundamental importance in this area , should serve as detonating to instil a new mentality , a new way of thinking and be for venzan radically these prejudice still widespread among the people and guarantee the real equality of all citizens in terms of rights . 
it is therefore important to move forward with the two legislative initiatives are now debating , although mejorándolas in some areas , and increasing the sums provided for the financing of the programme and reflecting the political importance this fight against discrimination . 
in particular , the agreement on the principle of adjustments reasonable , in which have been pioneers in sweden and ireland , will ensure now that employers of the whole of europe adapt their places of work , will acquire equipment special and modificarán their practical work so that employees disabled really have a fair chance . 
article 13 is the point of departure for a new objective of the eu : combat discrimination or the unequal treatment of citizens for the causes listed in the same . 
the second point that i would like to point out is unfortunately the serious error on the commission with this first package to prioritise between grounds for discrimination . 
mr president , discrimination on grounds of religion is just as unacceptable as any other form of discrimination . 
as the secular convinced that i am , would not , therefore , accept it . 
however , the generous idea of recognise each citizen maximum freedom as possible , provided that is compatible with identical measure of freedom for the rest , clashes , even today , with obstacles : one fact and others of law . 
one of the directives has already been adopted in record time and i am hopeful that the another be adopted in november , during the french presidency . 
some are not in line with other legal requirements , for example , the amendment relating to the provisions of the committees . 
however , i cannot accept amendment no 38 proposes abolishing article 5 , the list of differing treatment on the grounds of age that can be justified . 
parliament mentioned the important issue of the conformity of contracts . 
this is the first time that we allow joint projects in this action programme . 
it is clear that the more universal is the code , more effective will be . 
article 7 of the code obliges the member states to commit itself to prevent exports to divert towards end-users undesirable . 
. ( it ) mr president , i confess i am nostalgia of the times we from the european parliament , as well as from the various movements pacifists and trade unions , incitaba to think and act for a gradual reduction of the manufacture of weapons and we wondered how to make the production gulf war in civilian production . 
in view of the situation in which are today the planet and our continent after the end of the cold war and the breakdown of equilibrium established by the terror of weapons of mass destruction , such an approach would be irresponsible . 
these weapons have been turned , so to say , in the symbol of anarchy in many places in the world . 
the cfsp understands activities to fight the crisis outside the limits of the eu and not something that could be seen as a common defence policy . 
these are designed to prevent the export of arms to the governments to commit violations of human rights , to areas of conflict or regions launched a career in the field of armaments . 
the commission , in close cooperation with the member states , actively participated in the formulation of the joint action of the european union on small arms and light weapons . 
in accordance with the agenda , the commission is to make a declaration on the sector of european research . 
introduce forms of intervention in the longer term , interim between support projects and the financing institutional , use of the instruments with variable geometry offered by the treaty and , more specifically the participation of the union in national programmes as laid down in article 169 of the treaty . 
what we want to strengthen , is this aspect of hierarchy , and that depends on the way of intervention . 
you say that believes in a shake-up of the whole framework programme . 
i believe that today we need something that structured the european research area , which is something that goes beyond framework-programme next as a supplement national programmes , we need an element structuring , which means that we must accept formulae . 
thank you for your speech and constructive spirit . with regard to the views with the stoa , i believe we must do something together , because that is something that concerns the house , the joint research centre , institutes prospective present in several member states . 
it seems that the commission is heading in leaps and bounds towards the completion of the european research area . 
there will be a chapter complete on science , society and the citizens . 
there have been contacts with the greek authorities , irish and portuguese to ask the government of these countries to speed up the submission to the commission of their projects of the cohesion fund . 
perhaps the lack of service , which i have just mentioned - and that existed in the commission anterior- devoted exclusively to the cohesion fund could be more specific elements . 
my second question is : regardless of the cohesion fund , there are the community support framework , the structural funds , the regional programmes etc. what countries have had projects definitive and what programmes which countries have already approved ? 
in 1989 the commission presented a new proposal should offer greater flexibility . 
bolkestein and , despite the fact that the general rule of the treaties bans the copper more foreign companies to the internal should apply the legislation general on fair competition in europe in the cases that taxation is completely disproportionate . we need to look at the effect that can take in this situation competition law , despite the general rule that these matters are prerogative of the member states . 
if they wish to retain the fuel , the way of doing this is through the tax , and not through other forms of taxation . 
i would like to say to mr purvis that of the natural handicaps and regional is a matter which probably down to the national governments , because some of his electorate is in these areas remote and peripheral regions . 
mr president , commissioner , thank you for information . 
the spring , and the summer past , the european commission made a general review of its activities and human resources . 
there are those who argue . 
these children are used more and more for tourists and businessmen that mostly come from europe . 
the commission is convinced that all companies can prepare in time for the final step to the euro , including the adaptation of their systems and software . 
the debate político-filosófico is no longer in the agenda , but in general , we can look at the dangers of a referendum , but perhaps in another context . 
the same applies to efta . 
it has recently sent a reminder to the french authorities . 
in relation to the candidate countries , i can tell you that have been held meetings with them in relation to this issue of animal transport and agreements have been reached preliminary . 
however , in the season sows last spring the commission was informed that had been interceptado seeds imported from traditional varieties of species different , including the cotton , containing traces of genetically modified seed . 
however , after consulting their services , i am in a position to inform the honourable member that a directive on the electrical goods , the directive on the limits of tension electricity , as well as the directive on team radio and terminals in telecommunications , prescribe essential requirements on the safety of computer equipment for private use or in the workplace . 
how will agree with me , however , that in this case the distinction between safety at work , in a class school or for a child to do their homework is a false distinction ? 
perhaps estreche the hand of president khatami . 
today aung san suu kyi is back subjected in fact to house arrest . 
so i am reluctant to go further in terms of trade or advise additional measures in the field of trade or investment . 
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my informers mentioned some of the meetings electoral , for example , to which had seen . 
questions nos 16 to 44 will receive written answers . 
what we would like to is a european report consolidated was published and submitted to the examination of this parliament . 
we should concentrate on move on to not produce weapons instead of consider how to compete with other countries arms manufacturers of the world . 
the five permanent members of the security council , which supposedly conducive to our security , should pay attention to these proposals and negotiate as soon as possible accordance really worthy of the twenty-first century . 
the debate today is an important step on the reform process which began the prodi commission a little more than a year ago . 
i cannot help feeling that in his career for drawing up a proposal within the time limit set by the white paper on reform , the commission does not atendió appropriately to the details . 
i therefore propose that both the financial controller as the internal auditor produce annual reports detallando their activities . 
the van hulten report aggravated with reason , the differentiation in which the commission calls and gives a good impetus for the exchange of best practices between the institutions . 
let us hope that this does not happen again ! 
if fix them now something for the institutions large , it should apply to all the hierarchy of this independence that the committee of wise men has put forward . 
in the past , we have noted with great frequency that excessive delay the decision-making processes generaba frustration between complainants and a loss of confidence in the european institutions . 
i would like to say to the commissioner that this report is but a intermediate step . and a intermediate step means that it is the first step of building a bridge between the system that we have now control and the system that we want to achieve after the reform . 
this is the content of the proposal . 
only when this will be to introduce sampling , selection , monitoring often . 
consequently , beyond mere words , we are aware that the task is not for nothing easy . 
obviously , i also think that neither politicians nor the technical can we tackle in any way the problem we alone . 
the majority of children and adolescents is growing , however , fortunately , in an environment which has no such problematic . 
i fully agree with the president of the commission in the need to draw up this catalogue , similar to a constitution and in my opinion , it is clear that there should be strengthened the principle of subsidiarity and the eu should therefore refrain from making policy in the large number of areas where the policy approaches are not cross-border . 
information from the whole world and all the areas of knowledge comes at a very short time to our houses and communication through all the planet is for them experience daily . 
arrested very shortly afterwards , declared themselves in policemen : " it is strange , in the series television , they are not being catch so easily " . 
legislators , and this will end here , mr president , cannot solve everything , but must sometimes remember the rights and duties of each . 
i am also very sensitive to the remarks that have been made on education , on the training to learn to read images , on the awareness of the young generations to take a closer approximation criticism of the medium-sized and not languish anything at all times and in any way . 
nothing will do more damage to the views that are to be that the fact that a report like this not forward or not to make possible greater mobility or not begin , at least , to break down the barriers which faces today mobility educational . 
the outstanding problems in the various member states are kinds of : for example , different rules in the field of social security , grants , right of residence , taxation and the lack of mutual recognition of diplomas and the stages . 
it is high time europe pay again attention to the proper implementation of programmes such as the socrates and youth for europe . 
the experience on the mobility of students and teachers shows that the real difficulties to free movement are not in the authorities of education , but rather in the fields of action by the authorities in the social security , finance and immigration . 
it has been mentioned as an example of this the socrates programme . 
there has to be inspection clear , control clear , even by sampling , and , above all , a window , a website , where the pupils can collect their complaints . 
that is why we are asking to be incorporated into the category of researchers in the scope of the recommendations . 
it is easy to do so in a speech , but not in practice . 
the debate is closed . 
we appreciate its action , similar to the president chirac or the minister joska fischer . 
the union must speak with one voice in foreign policy and reflect a capacity of common security and defence . 
we need a forum decision-making to deal with issues are important to both sides as migratory flows , the transfer of production factors , energy supply . 
the proposal for a resolution on the reports of the commission , on which the honourable members will speak later , there is a lot about this . 
this is clearly in the report prepared by the finnish presidency on women and decision-making . indicators which has produced will make it possible to assess progress . 
apart from this conference of ministers and the symposium on the professional equality , two texts very important , specifically dedicated to equality , but corresponding to the council on employment and social affairs , are very laudable . 
the second relates to the principle of non-discrimination , including the based on sex . 
with regard to the reports , i must say incidentally - the madam president-in-office of the council also debated this - that one of the major problems in the eu are , of course , the great cultural differences . 
the reports presented here are a good example of this . 
we must ensure that the directive on equal opportunities really formed part of the rules . 
i believe that this method adopted in the first place for finland , it is viable in many sectors and , since it is part of the strategy of equality between men and women of the commission , we can expect much of it . 
on behalf of the equal opportunities , french women have acquired , thanks to europe , the right to work night . 
as a french citizen , this vision of the world i find it particularly foreign . 
despite these observations , we will vote in favour of this report , therefore , of course , we are in favour of equal opportunities , but this is , above all , respect for everyone . 
the own mothers freedom of educating their children without remuneration , he will go down the bill later in the form of crime youth and vandalism . 
in this context i would remind you of our report on the division of the derived rights of pensions in the event of divorce whereby the pensions of survival and retirement age were incorporated by the end of the directive 1979 . 
the polish women we were very grateful for having made it clear that the representative present there not conveyed the attitude of the polish women . 
greater participation of women at all levels of government and in all areas of life is essential to give greater depth to democracy and achieving and maintaining peace . 
to conclude , i should like to mention the situation of women in the candidate countries for accession to the european union . 
the council , especially the men who make it up , have in this area the important task to guide europe in the fight against mafias of exploitation of women . this slave trade is not something that responsible politicians can escape , shirk or ignore . 
the reports and speeches that today we are analysing we can make , as we already knew many of us , that the problem of equal opportunities is a problem structural in nature and , to deal with it , are necessary global strategies , because women are not a category or a social group homogeneous nor any collective . 
it is true that i was a little sad to see that maria of belém roseira already was not in this job . 
two of you mentioned new social rights , new rights tax . 
thirdly , because they are the basis strategic not only for the european union - even the to have at our disposal an image of the situation in the charter of human rights has played an important role - but also at national level , since can the member states through the assessment comparative determine national targets . 
the joint debate is closed . 
these amendments must be entenderlas in the new context of the interinstitutional agreement and , therefore , parliament can compromise with not insist on these amendments comitology because they have been overcome in some way in the new interinstitutional framework . 
however , i , personally , i still think that the text adopted in its day by parliament responded much better to the new realities which have emerged the internal market and the liberalisation of the markets , in the extent to which the elements of clarifying and control which introduced amendments not accepted entail a greater guarantee that the rules would be met and that they were to follow the same procedures when its implementation . 
if we want the third countries to accept the commitments , the european community must be the first celosa in to ensure compliance with its own standards , because if a country has the possibility of placing products into the community by way of smuggling for what is going to disturb in negotiate with us any kind of granting ? 
furthermore , the amendment of the european parliament on the customs formalities through statements computer , accepted by the council , lead to the customs administrations of the member states to equipen with the means computer control more modern . 
but now it is too late , because you have just take the vote and the members have voted in favour . 
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report ( a5-0198 / 2000 ) on the commission 's annual reports " equality of opportunity for men and women in the european union - 1997 , 1998 and 1999 " [ com ( 1998 ) 302 - c5-0106 / 1999 ) ( com ( 1999 ) 106 - c5-0289 / 2000 ) ( com ( 2000 ) 123 - c5-0290 / 2000 - 1999 / 2109 ( cos ) ) committee on women 's rights and equal opportunities . rapporteur : lone dybkjær . 
it is not the first time that i am speaking on the mobility of students and of the body of teachers . 
this report is important , because occurs at a critical moment for the european union : enlargement . 
discrimination not addressed creating jobs additional administrative but by changing the mentality of the people . 
i voted against the mann report , because , although it is necessary , in fact , to try to achieve equal treatment of persons in the field of employment and work , we should not be rutting until the point of abandon all protection of fundamental freedoms and respect the rule of law . 
as secular convinced that i am , i have not been able to associate myself with it . 
the pne welcomes this directive and its aim to abolish discrimination at work . 
if we want to draw up a directive plausible and viable we cannot cargarla of florituras and illusions , because that is not what is expected of a legislative text . 
however , the eplp has serious reservations on the following areas . 
there are also elements which , in our opinion , should be left to the member states , such as the aplicaión general , the provision of training for workers of certain age groups , the nature of the system of mediation and the way in which smes to interpret the directive . 
van hulten quite rightly points out in the same interview that we can only begin with a positive agenda once they have been resolved problems as fraud , wastage and the lack of efficiency and effectiveness in the decision-making process . 
the reason for my vote in this report relates , in essence , with the question of closer relations between the european union and nato and also with the progress towards a common defence policy . 
in the report is also the export of weapons in europe as a way of solving conflicts in the territories similar . 
however , i do not accept that requires a common defence policy , and a european security and defence policy within nato . 
children are the first victims of violence television . 
i am pleased that has been carried out this study . 
at community level is going to create a committee of experts with the mandate to produce a memorandum that sets out the general principles for the protection of minors in relation to the means . 
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it is particularly interesting that , for the first time , it is obvious need for assessing the effectiveness of the political initiatives with the commission 's annual reports . 
peru 
mr president , in peru are currently moments of uncertainty and all alimentamos hope that the current situation will be resolved through a process in which guarantees all civil and political rights , which will serve to strengthening and the consolidation of democracy and peace in peru , a country which has suffered 25 000 deaths in the last fifteen years . 
the floor in point is the word ' democracy ' . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the conditions under which were developed in the elections peruvian last may were unacceptable . 
b5-0793 / 2000 by mrs ainardi and others , on behalf of the group of the european united left / nordic green left , on the situation of women in afghanistan . 
and i therefore think it is also good that the resolution contains a number of points clear and unequivocal specifically relating to the situation of women and to draw attention to how necessary it is that we are trying to help prevent the taliban regime continue its total discrimination against women . 
the eu awaits an important task . 
it cannot be recognition by any member state while persists policy violation of human rights , in particular systematic discrimination against women . 
and that we do have to take this into account , from the european institutions and also crops drugs are used to buy arms . 
however , will give its full support to the neighbouring countries in order to help them to improve its resources in combating this evil . 
i think this is a good time to remind you of the need for the european union is beginning to devise a policy of comprehensive nature with regard to latin america , which possibly could prevent these countries are crossing periodically crisis situations such as those that have occurred in some of them . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the commission and parliament we can only with great satisfaction the liberation of jesuita spanish , mr alejandro matos castro , which took place last week . 
b5-0782 / 2000 by mr haarder , on behalf of the group of the european liberal , democrat and reform party , on macedonia : law of higher education and universities ; 
therefore , all we are pleased greatly that the problem of higher education finally appears to work towards a solution really positive . 
this is , for my part , a good example to all the neighbouring countries that must not only be sow hatred through education , as is now so often , but that education can also serve as cradle to live together in multi-étnica peaceful . 
i too would have preferred to have found a solution that mereciera the approval of all the parties represented in parliament . 
let me take this opportunity to point out that the commission has already had a very good experience in cooperation with the high commissioner , mr van der stoel , is concerned . 
we are not today discussing in this house only to express our sorrow . we are debating mainly on what has happened , as to what has happened and how are we to remedy the situation , how we can help from now on , the commission and the european parliament , so that such events are not repeated in the future . 
in any case , mr president , we agree with this joint motion for a resolution , which we support as it is now , as a matter of urgency , and of course , on the basis of what i mentioned earlier , we do not agree with the amendments which have also been tabled as urgent . 
with regard to the amendment on working conditions , there is a directive on this issue ; on the other hand , the formulation of the amendment is not very satisfactory as the text . 
that is simply not acceptable for the islands northern and eastern scottish and neither is for the potential route from the north sea to the european continent , which i hope will be established in the not too distant future . 
i am glad that the greek government has suspended this exemption in the meantime . 
hence the commission addressed the greek government immediately the wreck of the samina express , requesting information about the application of community law in force . 
therefore , i would like to make the following question , which would appreciate that the put to the presidency . i wonder if , in addition to the abolition of friday , some have begun to delete also on thursday . 
i would like to say also that , on the part of the european union , are in place the mechanisms for that the moment the will of the people of the serbian people to be respected , i.e. at the moment that we have a government sustained by the people who have voted in the ballot box by mr kostunica , we can have : first , a immediate lifting of sanctions and , secondly , a package of economic aid which may help to the serbian people to re-establish its economy . 
perhaps decide at the moment in the streets of belgrade if the democratic change is starting now and if it can be implemented without violence . 
we condemn all the activities that can be seen as provocations , especially in relation to the holy places of jerusalem . 
and we have to tenderle hand very symbolic - as mr collins said . , mr javier solana with that meeting in zagreb . 
the strange thing is the fact that the police and the israeli army have used bullets of fragmentation , bullets that when reach the body burst in tens of shreds and they are banned internationally , even in the fights between soldiers , and which have now been used against citizens . 
i think that europe can do a great deal and must do a great deal in this direction with transparency and decision . 
consequently , we must do everything in our power to stop this fire as soon as possible . 
we must avoid the provocations as the action of ariel sharon . 
today the same thing has happened , and that is what will impede and prevented from europe , in all these years , play a mediating role in the middle east , leaving this role to the united states . 
not sacrificaremos to the serbian population in the name of our objectives elevated and moral , because this could mean the death of thousands of people in serbia and yugoslavia . 
madam president , as a last point i would like to suggest that as soon as possible and as a new government yugoslav , to send a delegation from parliament in order to plan , together with the new government and yugoslavia , the reconstruction of a new serbia . 
madam president , ladies and gentlemen , it is clear that , today we are living probably an historic day in this parliament , the day possibly an end to one of the last pillars of dictatorship totalitarian in europe . 
mr president , poses a problem as in the dossier german for the urgent topics - i do not know if the same applies to the other language versions lingüísticas- only covers the amendments by the gue group . it lacks the proposals for a resolution and the common text . 
mr president , i should just like to draw your attention to the pile of documents that we have brought this week to vote . 
if parliament could table amendments to the council decision , certainly should like to remind you of the social problems and unemployment of croatia derived from the diet imposed on this country , but in these circumstances there is no legal basis for such amendments . 
this is the opportunity to claim the same objectives as regards the activity of the eib . 
mr president , yesterday afternoon , we talk about serbia and on the revolutionary changes are taking place there . 
for this reason , i should like to make an urgent appeal to my colleagues and , in particular to the council , that during the negotiations of next year 's budget and the later years correspond to the maximum of the commission 's proposal that , in my opinion , has done the best assessment of the total costs in croatia and also in other areas of the balkans . 
in 1990 elections were held democratic , which were considered internationally as free and fair . 
that is why yes , to this aid , economic yes , to guarantee of this , but also a strong request to the commission to fully supports this country profoundly european , now governed democratically in accordance with the rule of law and to put on the list of the accession candidates , because i believe that croatia has earned our full support . 
like the rapporteur , i wonder if in practice will be available money for this purpose , above all , bearing in mind that , in short , we need to create a broad flow monetary towards serbia and that the union budget is not going to increase . 
also delegations from croatia and our parliament asked the council to extended the mandate of the eib . 
i hope that begin as soon as possible contacts and , like to croatia , is to grant aid to the serbian people that deserves all our respect . 
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therefore , is the spirit in which we invite women of the european parliament to participate in this delegation : tuesday and wednesday we will have a list of , and we shall harvest signatures and accession to the delegation , precisely in the spirit of establish between women bridges peace where , however , there is violence . 
in short , there has been more suffering for basques and the spanish ; yes , spanish and basque are tired of the current conflict . 
madam president , you will recall , in the last part-session , evoqué the plight of the defender of democracy british , james mawdsley , which had been illegally detained by the burmese authorities . 
madam president , in my case , it is really a point of order . 
in fact , this report apparently technical , who does not seem to bringing big changes of political order is extremely important in that , through the back door , introduces the possibility of using genetic engineering to a viticulture genetically modified . 
if we do not adopt the report , there will be postponements . 
the council of state , as you said rejected this resource and we were told in due form this desestimación . 
however , now the case is repeated and affects a colleague which , although it is ppe , does not belong to my political level in italy . 
this is why we aboguemos for the introduction of a scoreboard social , as has also been made for the internal market , with clear measures , with maximum periods and with time limits . 
madam minister , i hope that the council modelled on parliament 's expectations and i hope that at the nice summit will translated into a european social policy agenda ambitious objectives with which we can continue to work together in the years ahead . 
following the informal council meeting on " employment and social policy ' on 8 july last in paris , the presidency has asked all the actors involved - european parliament , of course , economic and social committee , cor social partners , ngos , groups and committees of the council which i communicated its proposals . 
oppose the quantitative to qualitative is a false debate and lisbon clearly established a double objective : more jobs and better quality . 
we need to promote this mobility and at the same time ensuring the safety of the journeys professionals . 
we must try to do an inventory of the gaps remain in the system and put them on the agenda . 
the open coordination is , in our opinion , the way to go , if we are going to ensure a social europe . 
the implementation of the pretensions social pregonadas in lisbon requires an effort community , an action plan for the creation of jobs in services , particularly those associated with the information society . 
obviously the cooperation of the commission is important , but the social problems have rooted local and we must manejarlos respecting the specific circumstances . 
social acted as a correction factor of the effects harmful of economic policies . 
the original commission proposal was much better unamended ; congratulations commissioner . 
anna diamantopoulou , for your excellent document . it is an agenda stubbornness and i can remember with even difficulties which we are moving in the field of social protection in the last parliamentary term . 
i believe that it will be very positive for help reconcile family and professional life of women . 
i sometimes have the impression that with the concept of modernisation is often the devaluing of social protection . 
what are the essential points of the text ? 
yet it is difficult to determine european objectives that have the same force for all member states , because the reality is different for everyone . 
the commission has presented 49 amendments . 
perhaps this is only to parliament and the commission , but , commissioner . 
another point is the increase in support of the community in judging the need for initiatives additional , including , if necessary , the transposition of legislation , equality and the fight against discrimination . 
in the past there have been good ideas , or the good plans intended to achieve equality , but it has often failed its implementation . 
it is not normal that the voice of women is acaparada by a handful of professionals in the demand live injections of public money . 
equality of men and women in civil life , which would enable women plenary enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms . 
i hope that , finally , performers men meet halfway here , too , and combat the role of gender and stereotypes trasnochados . 
i believe that in the meantime we must thank him for having followed the debate , because that was not foreseen presence during this debate . 
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we must provides our companies optimum conditions for that to be able to plan their production and , above all its future . 
consumers must have access to a wide variety of products of high quality and at competitive prices , and in the final analysis , this is the reason for further progress with the single market and , along with this , with free competition , because benefits to all our citizens . 
is the decision of subsidise or of the decision not to subsidise , in the field of coal mineral . 
point 16 of the riis-jørgensen report speaks of greater legal security in dealing with applications fusion and shorter deadlines and effective in appeals to the courts . 
in all cases it is public companies , which must not its strength financial to a impeccably management business , but to the past and present positions monopoly . 
we need a introduction more of the citizen in the information on competition policy , so that it advise the advantages . 
these are issues of great importance to the regional economy and for employment , and i hope that in future , this is shown so that these subsidies , subsidies domestic concern the development and the regional economy and whose factor more exemplary is precisely the transport can continue to be granted . 
this communication contains three messages ambitious . 
mr evans , for his excellent report on the rules concerning state aid to the steel industry and on the eighth annual report on state aid in the european union . 
i would , therefore , like to assure mrs palacio and mr karas , as well as the other members who have spoken on these points , which the regulation is well aware of their concerns . 
otherwise we shall be doing a disservice to competition and consumers . 
the debate is closed . 
the mechanism of funding implements article 119 of the treaty on european union continues force during the third stage of economic and monetary union only for the member states are not participating in the single currency . 
mr president , commissioner , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , thank you , because today we can yet discuss the proposal for a council directive amending directive 68 / 193 / eec on trade with materials vegetative propagation of the vine and i hope , too , a vote positive tomorrow . 
some of them launched , on 5 july , the so-called of beaune , where are expressing their concern in relation to the introduction of gmos in the profession . 
the rules which provide for are incidentally favour the production of a vegetative material diversified and which offers the best health guarantees , which is fundamental to accompany effectively the restructuring of vineyards community key aspect of the new com wine and wine-growing . 
there is to say loud and clear , it was not necessary overloading the articles of this directive with references to directive 90 / 220 in the process of review less of wanting to promote to force the genetic manipulation of the vine . 
i am happy to inform you that we can also accept amendments nos 35 to 40 tabled by mr graefe zu baringdorf , designed to strengthen the transposition of safety requirements and management according to directive 90 / 220 . 
i would just like to point out that it is not has asked parliament to speak as such . 
madam president , with regard to the point 14 of our minutes on the request for waiver of parliamentary immunity of mr pacheco pereira . 
i shall be more precise on the qualified majority . 
on the weighting of votes , are also on the table the two options that are well known : weighting simple for which confirms a slight , very slight , majority , or double majority , but with formulae different , dual simple majority or reponderada or a form of ' mesh size demographic " . 
moreover , without prejudice to an assessment of the needs and the coordination of economic and financial assistance to the federal republic of yugoslavia , encomendarán jointly to the european commission and the world bank , the european council in biarritz decided to grant to the federal republic of yugoslavia a first emergency humanitarian aid of eur 200 million . 
but , well , ladies and gentlemen , if he had to tell you spontaneous and very sincerely my impression , would like to say this : whatever the delicacy of these issues -composición of the commission and system votación- , we should not be based on this in order to gauge the failure or the success of nice . 
another positive aspect was also the adoption of the charter of fundamental rights on the part of the heads of state and government . however , mr president of the council , i cannot but remember at the same time why this was possible . 
we must not killing of aburrimiento the spirit of nice and , therefore , there is a fundamental priority in the 50 days remaining : an increase in the negotiation at political level . 
in this respect i would like also to address my colleagues in the european people 's party - and i would ask mr poettering that i escuche- because what we in this house we must defend outside . 
as we know from the actions of the prime ministers and presidents in biarritz on the most peliagudas issues of the reform of the treaty , the charter probably will be the greatest trofeo in nice . 
launching a great consultation populations , national parliaments , which will allow us to achieve a letter based truth in the needs , the council would be in truth in line with the aspirations european citizens . 
so we must make an appeal to all to return to the origins of our union , have the courage which took giscard d ' estaing and mr schmitt , in deciding the election by universal suffrage of the european parliament in 1976 and in 1979 and decide that in 2009 , we shall at last have a president of the european union , president of the commission . 
in this respect , i would like to respond to what mr poettering said on the division between the countries large and small farmers . 
i refer back to with a few words to the affairs of external trade policy , because it is a matter entirely seriously . 
this is nevertheless something precious who have emphasised all the members of the european council . 
a second very positive was the adoption of the charter in its entirety . 
apart from that , it seems to me that on this crucial issue for the future of the european union and its way of decision , biarritz achieved some so many and we cannot but welcome . 
i hope that we can still convince progress to achieving results in nice . 
i quote two concrete examples : on the one hand , we shall now proceed to the right to work to the right to work and , on the other , a number of social rights included in the revised social charter of the council of europe are not on the charter . 
the debates that have been taking place in the whole of europe , including those in biarritz , it is clear that the larger member states are trying to partly to terrorise the smaller member states to reform the european union in line with the approach followed by the first and their desires . 
the discontent of the two extremes are the litmus test for the negotiators of advancing towards a fair balance . 
the leadership of the european union has not clearly formulated a vision . 
a commission which is based on criteria of representation of each of the states reveals a vision short-sighted . 
a union of this nature would be centralist and give the smaller states of the union less power than that of the system bicameral us attaches to the small american states . 
after the summit sharm-el-sheikh in which were present all the parties involved in order to find a way to stop the violence and resume the dialogue between barak and mr arafat , we have seen how difficult it is to stop the clashes , even if there was a moment that felt that it would give . 
obviously , some poor informers they say to mr barón things that are not certain regards italy and my party . 
it is important that the introduction of the european tax on energy consumption , which has so far been blocked for the application of the principle of unanimity , progress . 
we should not allow between the member states arises , the fear that we can make progress towards solutions coming to a downwards . 
in my opinion , the convention has done an excellent job and i am proud of having been a member of the same . 
in the latter case , the issue will be at which time will work this principle of the rotation strictly equal between large and small . 
enlargement to affairs really qualified majority voting , together with the codecision procedure , the conservation of article 250 , in their current form , place and the commission 's role in closer cooperation and not only on the first pillar : those are some of the elements that will enable us to judge instantly if there is , after all , success or failure . 
. ( fr ) mr president , thank you first of all to jacques , jacques delors , thanks to altiero spinelli and fernand herman , thanks to everyone , from vaclav havel until carlo ciampi , since joschka fischer until jacques chirac , since michel barnier until pierre moscovici , since chris patten until coast simitis , including florence , and the multitude of current meps who has taken up , after 1999 , the great movement in favour of a european constitution . 
not critiquemos in excess of the europe retailers , and is a socialist which it says : has given us more wealth for all . 
let us agree at least on this objective , and because we do , say how to achieve it . 
i have had , mr president , gratifying to hear that the proposals tabled recently to the intergovernmental conference coincide substantially with all or some of the criteria which have presented . 
. ( fr ) mr president , commissioner , rapporteurs , ladies and gentlemen , you were keen to hold this morning , a debate on issues in which the house has considered it necessary to complete the opinion on the intergovernmental conference , which expressed last april . 
so , respecting the constitutional framework exists , it seems to me difficult - i warn you - foresee more that procedure consultative opinion of parliament at the outset . 
you well know , this means that we make certain political elections , a scope rather more comprehensive than the regulation of the three requirements indicated previously . 
i myself have stressed that the formula adopted to the letter was a path to explore . 
but i got perfectly well that beyond the aspect of language , your question hides another concern . 
this is also why i wanted to thank you , in the fund and the way , the initiative which you have taken . 
the implementation of closer cooperation should not lead to the creation of new bodies that viniesen added to the institutions of the union . 
it is time to revise the treaties . 
the european council offends against this european consensus basic by refusing to integrate into the treaties of the european charter of fundamental rights , to give it a legal value binding and give the citizens whose rights being neglected the possibility of going to the european court of justice . 
otherwise , i believe that it will not be possible to achieve a europe of the people . 
paragraph 8 : the constitution will - and i quote - " issues have been open ' . 
so far no one has been able to explain what has changed in the meantime . 
secondly , on an agenda inadequate , who has left outside issues to be very important for the future of the union and the interest of citizenship . 
mr minister , it says that on the eve of the revolution bolshevik -acontecimiento that it was going to be very serious consequences throughout the world the orthodox church was facing awkwardness on the design of the bush corresponding to the cuaresma . 
therefore , cooperation must offer all the guarantees that the rapporteur has proposed , open to all , respecting the spirit of the treaties and without objecting to the acquis communautaire . 
however , there is a point which i should like to stress : i do not think it right to require or to be made towards the requirement of a referendum compulsory in all the member states , to adopt precisely the proposed changes . 
gil robles for his work . we have held a debate in depth on two issues which are different , are at one point . 
we are prepared to take care that vote during the november part-session , allowing adopted during the french presidency . 
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what do we mean by ' the introduction of the possibility of access to retirement gradually , through the part-time work ' , but a threat to the retirement age , in spite of everything already excessively high in many countries ? 
it is a well-known fact that both pensioners as children i like the mermeladas . 
i asked pensioners who sent me here to the european parliament with the pensioners ' party if they would like to drink wine genetically modified . 
or even , exceptionally , have material vegetative propagation standard when other categories are not able to satisfy the needs . 
therefore , mr president , i wonder , do variations in the labour costs are not for these reasons restriction to free competition in the european union ? 
the vote could only be , as has been , against . 
despite the progress towards greater deregulation in the european union , state aid can continue to play a constructive role in order to achieve economic and social progress . 
in order to protect the environment , public services and to ensure equality of income of the people of the regions economically weakest this aid may prove to be essential . 
we signalled the danger that also figures in the coalface of the european union aid to little avail after consolidate the control of the european union in the important state aid , with the excuse of competition in small and medium-sized enterprises . 
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an examination of the timetable for implementation heading 2 , 3 , 4 and 7 of the budget to see that only an average of 8 % of all the commitments are covered by the payments corresponding . 
three years ago we put in place our initiative in favour of employment with support for the access of small and medium-sized businesses to risk capital . 
parliament is seeking to do so in two ways . 
the european institutions only have met their responsibility if this is achieved . 
in this context , i should like to thank the vice-president responsible for budgetary matters , the colleague gerhard schmid for his constructive cooperation . 
we want this committee retains its capacity for work , but we cannot allow that is the institution that less attention paid to the demands of the european parliament as part of the budgetary authority . 
that is to say that 2001 will be the last year 's budget , which is comprehensive and in this context we must assess the commission proposal and which now submitted to parliament . 
in addition , we want to revise the administrative expenditure . 
since 1985 - well 85- parliament 's committee on budgets has been making an effort to ensure that the european parliament 's procedures take account of the financial impact of the resolutions we vote in plenary . 
and i end , mr president , by thanking the diligence of the other institutions in the processing of this joint declaration . 
now they are being asked pronouncing on a budget which already was amended at first reading by the council . 
with regard to internal policies , the council left a margin prudent with heading 3 , more important that proposed by the commission . 
i would like to conclude by saying that not be given to the financial perspective the symbolic value do not have . 
an examination of the three sets of figures is obvious that there are still considerable differences , also purely quantitative and , of course , in terms of content . 
i must remind you that last year , after a long debate , was reached a new comitology decision by common agreement with the council , and i have little hope of possible reopen the debate . 
in the financial perspective agreed in berlin for the period until 2006 is foresaw 8.100 million euros for the meda programme . 
solana . i would therefore ask you to both the council and parliament 's committee on budgets to consider in foreign policy and not only in the budget when dealing with foreign policy . 
the second relates to the aid has to be supplied to the victims of human rights violations which require treatments in institutions specialised . 
if , in the course of the term that we still have been manage to reach a compromise solution to support the important work of the committee on economic and monetary affairs , we will reach an agreement ; otherwise , we keep to our position . 
we have only to look at on our television screens and see the current difficulties in the middle east for remember every day . 
i therefore hope that in tomorrow 's vote we are still able to achieve the necessary majority in favour of the monitoring centre in dublin . 
mr president , i would like to make some observations , starting with rural policy , from the perspective of the committee on agriculture . 
we have asked to approve a credit indicative of two million euros for an information campaign on the cfp . 
the commission executive must negotiate with arguments to achieve a reasonable agreement with morocco and the council and the governments concerned , it is up promote politically this negotiation . 
today we are examining the 2001 budget to the image of the people of serbia , in our retinas . 
overall , we should like that these amendments were adopted . 
an important way in which the european citizens can ensure that raised its concerns is the recourse to the ombudsman or do petitions to parliament . 
step first parliament 's budget . 
for surprise to many of the members of my delegation , at the beginning of september , we set unanimously a basic strategy and the 400 amendments tabled by some of my colleagues , we were in a way a surprise to many of the members of the committee on budgets . 
it is hard to believe that the increase in jobs can solve the problem of management , if there is still procedures antiquated and complex in the commission and the council to deal with the many problems that exist . 
this house has repeatedly demonstrated in recent years has based its work on the principle of a rigorous austerity . 
it is not acceptable that for years speak despreocupadamente commitments and it is always promise comply with them , but when it comes to pay , then you say they are excessive and we must recortarlos a little . 
we put only a few million - can be much more - and at that time them on our promises suculentas , and then when really need it , we reject them . 
the 2001 budget , as has already happened with the of last year , there has ever had to deal with conflicts practically insoluble between pressure in favour of the consolidation and austerity , as was decided in the framework of the interinstitutional agreement in order to guarantee the financing of enlargement on the one hand and , on the other hand , the desperate need to finance the stability pact for the balkans . 
the demands of a greater performance also need more staff . 
the adoption of this amendment , in its original version , which would have been able to start to change the implementation , but the majority of the committee on budgets rejected this idea . in this way , the european parliament is preparing , say what he says , to accept implicitly the position of the council . 
and in this case , the examples are , unfortunately , many : the treatment privileged partnerships with the federalist or to the many ngos with a function , a philosophy and functioning of the most controversial , to the financing of european political parties , via the amounts engullidas in the prince programme , to try to persuade the citizens of the member states is justified of the euro at a time when the single european currency is currently experiencing a loss of confidence largely shared by europeans , since our friends democrats until the leaders of the european central bank . 
finally , the colleague heaton-harris has shown correctly with its amendments the simpleza of many european programmes in the offers the citizen a history propaganda about european integration and which are attention , financed by the own citizen . 
furthermore , we must also modernise our administrative systems and we must continue , also a good example . 
the meda programme , devoted to the mediterranean basin , geographical area of the greatest strategic importance , is a good example of lack of implementation capacity . 
when we talk of make reductions or find funds in category 4 to finance certain priorities , we must not forget that parliament has its priorities . translated clearly in the vote in committee . 
in such a way that they must clarify this figure . 
thank you , mr wynn . 
wants to simply say that there are real elements of flexibility to move forward in this or that policy , even when any cannot or do not want to do this , and what applies to the countries of the union also applies to the candidate countries . 
i think that austria cannot complain about what has happened , the opposite . 
the recommendations of the regional organisations , as well as the experiences of the neighbouring countries will no doubt contribute to the definition of these resources . 
in the year 1984 , 0.2 % of owners in colombia possessed 32 % of the earth . 
the council is not here to comment on one or other aspect of this issue , which is extremely delicate and painful . 
at the same time , nor can commence in this way a debate on issues which are , once again , an extremely complex . 
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to me , therefore , i will ensure give a definitive answer to this difficult issue . 
simply , we have him sentiment , and your reply demonstrates a little , that the presidency of the council is not shows very voluntarist when dealing with this issue . 
therefore , the entry of this tax obviously will not be void . 
i would also apologize , but we are going to apply the rules of procedure . 
however , i would ask you whether i understand that the french presidency does not intend to propose new measures for the adoption of the tobin tax , or whether i interpret that it is not a question of political will , but simply that you too , those who are sitting in the left the chamber , have reached the conclusion that it is impossible . the introduction of the tobin tax at world level is impossible . 
furthermore , pending the adoption of this directive on the prevention of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies , was taken in june 2000 , the decision to withdraw the materials that present risks with regard to these diseases in order to go any further progress in the epidemic and assure the consumer is concerned , the level highest possible of health protection . 
i have no other elements which i inform you . 
we are continuing and we are well aware of the work of the commission and the council on the erika package 1 . but , with regard to this step , which is known of both countries and known within the european union , that it is a step particularly difficult , for the through large ships to win only a few hours , with the risk of old cascarones come to encallar and to lead a disaster , i would like to know , and especially the inhabitants of corsica and sardinia , i would like to know whether it will be possible and if it is envisaged ban purely and simply the step of the straits of bonifcacio these large ships , to these major containers . 
i therefore believe that we must support , in principle , the commission 's proposals to amend staff policy . 
the budget needs new funds in cash for serbia and kosovo . 
i hope , mr president , i would like to end with this , which diminution of despite all the lines of the budget in eur 50 million to finance the peace agreement between israel and the plo . 
so , from the european parliament propose new measures , which are not directed both to seek new funding - which we already know that , in the present circumstances , it will not be possible to ejecutar- but to set new interinstitutional commitments to improve the quality of expenditure and ensure that we do not lose a euro . 
think that in european policy , as in any other area , sometimes the options moderate cease to be mainstream . 
it is designed to obscure instead of to clarify and i was disappointed with the attitude adopted today regarding the budgeting according to the activities . 
however , that the expenditure is distributed according to activities , there is also to a greater extent how the budget is seen as a political instrument where the distribution of expenditure reflects clear political priorities . 
and find then a solution multiannual , so that for the coming year and next year , once again , we do not also have to go through this discussion on how to find money for the reconstruction of the balkans . 
stakeholders in the development of a sector of agriculture sustainable have learnt that the general thrust of the recent reform agreed in berlin is a step continued support for products to direct support for farmers ' incomes . 
ladies and gentlemen , a budget is always more than a cold calculation of figures . 
finally , it is immoral , mr president , cut expenditure for agricultural policy , for the meda programme , for the excluded social , and try to ensure resources intended to finance the obligations of the european union in kosovo and yugoslavia . 
it is very simple : this winter serbs cannot die of cold or hunger . 
moreover , i would like to express my concern about the fact that the various parliaments of young people have been included in the socrates programme . 
naturally , we also have to say clearly to the council that he also it is part of the responsibility with regard to the poor development of many programmes belonging to the external actions heading . 
we need solutions stable regarding these aid and , to a greater extent , to the long-term planning that is required in the western balkans . 
i believe that the majority is prepared to accept that , on condition that these resources is used properly . 
i share the rapporteur , mrs rühle the concerns and criteria has mentioned this afternoon in relation to the chapters of research and social aid . 
two weeks ago , we welcome the house joint parliamentary acp . 
at the same time , we demand that the research fund and information equip itself with budgetary resources allocated to the study of alternative products for the current tobacco farmers . 
i want to make it very clear that , in northern ireland is concerned , the union europeaha had the effect more direct and positive conceivable . 
in this model to respect the rules and procedures is guaranteed by an independent authority and , ultimately , so judges . 
in this way will be for the first time , a codecision procedure at first reading on a text that is extremely complex and full of technical difficulties associated with a sector particularly sensitive to the protection of individual freedoms . 
it is very important that have not been fundido their respective tasks . 
we know , for instance , that the schengen system has stored , over 10 million sheets which affect approximately one and a half million citizens , that europol is seeing it extend unimpeded its powers , practise centralisation the information from various police services of the fifteen member states , and this under the exclusive control authority whose power and resources are not available to enable it to fulfil really another task . 
having said this , i would like to take the presence of commissioner to say that i consider to be appropriate concern not only on the protection of citizens against the new technologies , but also with regard to the use of the same to promote the capacity of the european citizen in order to act and to interact with the european institutions . 
the amendments numbered as 1 , 2 , 4 , 10 , 12 to 40 , 42 to 54 , 57 , 58 and 60 to 64 collected the text of the council to the points on which the commission can give his agreement . 
it is clear , then , that your opinion on the legislative proposals relating to the protection of personal data will be particularly regarded in that assembles an important contribution to the legislative debate between the institutions . 
the treaty recognised in effect to the outermost regions an economic and social situation difficult , aggravated by the particular obstacles between the residence and the interaction inflict damage serious to the development of these regions . 
it will contribute to the promotion of economic and social progress through a level of employment high . 
therefore , i would like to congratulate mrs . mrs sudre , and we await with great interest to the development of rules for the commission 's proposals for that soon can be taken into account the specific features as planned in article 299 ( 2 ) of the treaty of amsterdam . 
for many europeans some outermost regions are nothing more than a tourist destination on the map . 
our levels of unemployment are among the highest in the union . 
i am pleased that the commission has adopted by a broad majority amendments i tabled . 
in my opinion , it is very important that the outermost regions are integrated into the trans-european transport networks , energy and telecommunications . 
the adoption unanimously of the members of the committee on regional policy of the report presented by our colleague margie mrs sudre represents fidelity of the european parliament to one of the most important commitments . 
we cannot discuss a whole series of circumstances , and believe that , reached that point proper and idyllic -denominémoslo -it , it will no longer be necessary to take further measures in the handling of these three areas and , especially , of the outermost regions , about which we are debating today . 
this article ladies and gentlemen does not allow us to do everything , but we can strengthen and , i believe that it is necessary , extend and improve our action . 
for the preparation of the proposals that are necessary , the commission is working obviously with the member states and regions in question . 
we know that in these regions there are difficulties persistent and i think , therefore , objectively , according to its real level of development , which will need for a long time the support of regional policy and of individual measures . 
a meeting of this type could be organised again over the year 2001 , when we get more advanced in the implementation of the programme presented in march . 
the presidency stated settled the matter and i accept it in full . 
i believe that parliament is right in adhere to the current provisions , because , as has been said by another colleague , it is not often a malfunction of devices of vote , but members swallow voting , and if possible corrects a vote , it would be a problem of never stop . 
there is no doubt that i am what as . 
in short , commissioner , in addition to the authority , it is necessary that the commission services responsible , in cooperation and coordination with the member states , introduce a system of controls homogenous and effective in the whole food chain and that the network of laboratories food of the european union is enhanced and to work in a coordinated way with the commission . 
in order to prevent the same scientific research repetition is being imposed collaboration with national research centres and community . 
today we are discussing a white paper , and we should define certain general principles . 
these procedures have already been modified and altered and we now have our own " food standards agency " . 
finally , we will also support some of the new amendments , without doubt , amendments nos 11 to 13 and 7 until 9 , and we want a free vote on amendment no 14 . 
in the light of this difference first of all i should like to stress that which can be guaranteed food safety depends on the solidity of the inspections carried out by the authorities , and let us not forget that the degree of soundness of the same is determined by the weakest link . 
we are dealing with an issue on which arise superficial and vacuidad of the debate that we are having on the political union of europe . 
let us hope , therefore , to the european food safety authority only experience scientific , in coordination with our national agencies . 
if we follow the trace of the progress of the main diseases from the food affecting europe at present , the majority of them did your first appearance in the americas . 
however , we must determine the conditions for convening the authority of such a way guarantee a efficient action and quickly . 
we must also point out , as has been some of the previous speakers , in particular mr whitehead and mrs gebhardt , that the white paper is much more than any new labour regulatory of the union . 
mr president , today , i am happy , and i thank the commission , because it has begun work to improve food safety , mr bowis and the entire committee on environment , public health and consumer policy . 
i think that amendment no 17 is particularly interesting . in she says that we must consult consumer organisations . 
another aspect is the revision organic of rules on labelling for sale to the wholesale and retail that , when it comes to the traceability of products and its components , offering a correct consumer information and allow refine possible responsibilities in the case of risk or crisis . 
in my opinion , the adoption of a new legislation does not provide an adequate response to failure to comply with existing legislation . 
thanks to the vote on the environment committee we manage to restore some balance including within the scope of the problems in relation to the nutrition and a number of important references to the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in the protection of the various eating habits . 
mr president , i should like to join with other members who have congratulated the rapporteur , mr bowis , for having handled this specific problem of a constructive way and logic . 
mr president , that the white paper on food safety in itself not magazine a legislative nature not undermines the dual value undoubtedly has . 
the rapporteur , but also many members from the commission , including myself , have put the emphasis on the food authority and , in fact , this is regrettable , in some way . 
the integrity and independence of this agency will safeguard with better guarantees the safety of european consumers . 
throughout this process , i thought repeatedly that we have been fortunate in selecting the rapporteur 's report . 
mr president , i too should like to congratulate colleague mr bowis for the remarkable effort to include all the points of view in its report , and mainly for having accepted refer to the overall concept of food . 
finally , mr president , the policy cannot evade its responsibility . 
most importantly , must win the respect of their pares , the confidence of the public and the will of the governments of the member states to accept its conclusions . 
that is how i see a food authority for the future . 
we have the world health organisation in geneva . 
i am not hiding that when it was published in the white paper i came out against this authority . 
therefore , we must ensure that the european union to have the highest possible standards of food safety , despite the fact that this approach - unanimously shared - should consider also the consequences that implies , from an economic point of view , a need productive . 
the tasks will be the following : independent scientific research , advice , controls and inspections independent , rapid alert system and coordination in order to restore the confidence . 
as acotación apart , i can say to the speakers have referred to the need for flexibility in relation to the production of specialities culinary local and typical products , that this issue is already covered in the legislation on hygiene . 
this will facilitate the task of the commission with regard to the tabling of a balanced proposal which takes account of the greatest possible number of the views of parliament and the many interested in the field of food safety . 
rather , in the past , this problem was one of the strong driving forces that , from the political point of view , was the signing of the ottawa convention . 
i reiterate my position contrary to amendments nos 10 and 19 , to be consistent budgetary and , in regard to amendment no 29 , i would ask the split vote separated to achieve a better definition of the text which i think has suffered any lack of interpretation . 
and arises here is the first question is : the need for the european union , in particular the commission will do everything possible to countries not signatories to come to sign the ottawa convention . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , we all know what the consequences have anti-personnel mines despite the fact that in individual cases often there are large justifications military . 
it was parliament that proposed for the first time in 1996 , the creation of a budget line horizontal and an appropriate legal basis that regarded a unique platform for the wide range of the speeches that we undertake in this important area . 
although i cannot conceal the fact that , of course , the powers of persuasion of the union towards this objective are limited to some extent by the difficulties that prevail in some member states to sign and ratify the convention . 
the effectiveness of the mine action will be greater if it has been produced in accordance with the specific conditions of each situation . 
as parliament knows , there are already too many and , as parliament knows , with our proposals on the reform of the community assistance to third countries we hope to desisting from the heavy individual supervision of each project and concentrate on the other hand , in our negotiations with the member states on strategies and programmes global . 
ngos have been spreading in response to the need and , however , when it is nearly four years since the first united nations conference on landmines , held in geneva and more than a year since the entry into force of the ottawa convention , we are obliged to recognise the fact that many countries and thousands of people , often in the world 's poorest regions , remain beset the terrible consequences of the antipersonnel landmines and ammunition without detonar . 
the commission should improve the quality of their programmes , as well as the speed with which the applied . 
however , i think that if you come back to give this matter serious thought we would see that some of them - at least in my opinion , have to do with the awareness-raising campaigns in transparency , with the access of the ngos , with things that work well at this stage , but that could function better . 
patten also you are right that parliament and the council should keep their hands far from the administration and i listened very carefully to the comments of mr patten on this point , because evidently believes that we must maintain our hands still further . 
mr president , our group has been active for some time in the whole range of claims and actions necessary , since the adjournment of the production , destruction of stocks , cessation of the marketing , cleaning up of minefields , rehabilitation of victims , and awareness . 
it is then to the member states support the process in international forums . 
mines are of course a major obstacle for reconstruction in these countries and for the return of refugees . 
the pace of disposal that we will take - as has been said previously - rather more than 100 years in cleaning up the planet anti-personnel mines . 
a third area i see it in concrete steps should propose examine and implement . 
every child can save from death by mines or terrible wounds in bosnia , africa , or any other place deserves the efforts of all of us . 
we must , in fact , put pressure on the european union countries have not signed , such as finland , or that they have not ratified , such as greece . 
ladies and gentlemen , look at you finland ! 
and , finally , we hope that in the context of the future tasks of the common military force european proceed to the training of technical , in particular of people who are interested in the disappearance of mines at local level . 
nor emphasises that the list of countries most seriously infected understands , fundamentally , countries of the developing world . 
parliament 's proposals could not be more guilty of inconsistency with the lisbon objectives . 
the rapporteur van lancker wants parliament to decide on the amendment of the commission proposal , mainly by adding a number of areas in which it is right to legislate and setting some rights at european level . 
for example , we would like to extend the luxembourg process , which applies to the employment policy , also to the protection and social exclusion . 
powers more important , such as germany , france , the united kingdom and , to some extent , italy , agree to draw your domination of the small countries of eastern europe and the south applying for membership of the european union . 
however , for legal reasons , we consider it wrong to make now a reference to the same in the rule 6 of the eu treaty because in the convention - according to its estructura- not can be agreed formally , so that there is no legal basis . 
the inclusion of the new text in the treaties could lead to legal confusion . 
on the other hand , the rapporteur echoes the new theory fashionable in brussels , the so-called dual legitimacy of the european union : that of citizens , represented by the european parliament and the member states , represented by the council . 
we swedish social democrats and democrats have today voted against the report presented by oliver duhamel on the constitutionalising the treaties . 
for this reason , it is essential that the european union should have a constitution which includes the charter of fundamental rights . 
a constitution would only be meaningful if set up the democratic framework of a genuine european federation , from the united states of europe . 
told us having believed understand , agree with a large part of the political class , that preferíamos that our international relations is rigieran by an international treaty . 
. i welcome the report by mr duhamel because it makes a contribution interesting and constructive to the idea of constitutionalising the treaties . 
we believe that a reorganization of the treaties and their simplification would allow the citizens see quite clearly the field of competence of the eu - and its limits - and the procedures to exercise these powers . 
until the treaty of amsterdam in 1997 , europe was a supersindicato intergovernmental . 
the edd group is voting against the report presented by josé maría gil-robles gil-delgado on closer cooperation . 
this report evidence , in fact , the concept of a union very monolithic , where all the cooperation should be expressed in the ' single institutional framework " and where all should be directed towards the objective of the super-state . 
it is therefore necessary to avoid reducing the progress of the whole and , therefore , authorising certain member states to make progress , developing the mechanism of strengthened cooperation . 
the structures for which govern the operation of the internal market have been a success since the beginning of the 1990s . 
. ( nl ) the european cooperation can be useful to cross-border problems . 
these areas could build a formidable laboratory in terms of sustainable development . 
the technocrats , european judges - wished to delete that " the rate of docks ' , which seeks to resources to our municipalities of the french overseas departments and , above all , protects our craftsmen . 
france , for their own part , has overseas departments in the indian ocean and the caribbean . 
its independence will be an essential element for the credibility of this body . 
our vote has clarified , therefore , the role of the composition of the future european authority , but also defined our demands on their funding and its independence . 
secondly , the european agency should be completely independent . 
it is necessary to take into account the type of farming methods and agri-industrial , the problem of imports of goods food , the composition of the ingredients in animal feed , the maximum levels of dioxins and residues of pesticides , food additives and others , giving priority to food safety . 
we have voted in favour of amendment no 15 as it defend vigorously the defence of the european cultural heritage linked to the local food production . 
i would like to make two requests . a my colleagues in the committee on agriculture that have tabled nearly 30 amendments . 
we also want to earmark a 50 % of the appropriations in the budget line and another 50 % in reserve . 
i note here that there are proposals to reduce the budget . 
report ( a5-0300 / 2000 ) by mrs haug , on behalf of the committee on budgets , on the draft general budget of the european union for the year 2001 - section iii - commission ( c5-0300 / 2000 - 1999 / 2190 ( bud ) ) 
madam president , my name appears as a signatory of a number of amendments to this report . 
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the real surprise this budget deals with external actions where dominates the selfishness and meanness . 
it is also possible releasing money through the use of the instruments of flexibility . 
. ( el ) i voted against the haug report , in the same way that i voted in favour of my group 's proposal to reject the budget for 2001 . 
we refer in particular to the new pilot project to be funded actions of information in the fight against paedophilia . 
this shows fehacientemente low motivation aroused by the european union project , even between citizens politically active . 
in this way , 20 to 30 % of the markets will offer again to competition private . 
given that all this is not guaranteed with this report , i voted against the same , 
with the unacceptably low thresholds national diezman subsidies - in combination with the proposed cuts the ceiling of withdrawals to 5 % for the citrus fruit , the 8.5 % for apples and pears , and the 10 % for the rest of fruit and hortalizas- , makes it clear that , for huge quantities of fruit and vegetables provides , pudrirán in the fields , and in repairers cooperatives , there will be no market opportunity , with the result lowering general prices . in this way farmers will be desperately forced to grubbing-up of their crops . 
i voted in favour of this report because it is up to the hopes of organisations portuguese of the sector hortofrutícula , which have claimed a change drastic of the com in fruit and products vegetable by find it deeply lesiva for national interests . 
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the root of the problem lies in the sacrifice of all , even the quality of environmental and climate , on the altar of capitalist exploitation of productive resources and completing the maximum benefit . 
in kyoto , it was agreed that the richer countries is address clean their air , but also that they can record of limited form in their own scoreboard emissions produced in other parties who have helped to reduce . 
. ( fr ) the fight against the greenhouse effect is an element of vital importance to the industrialised countries , and especially a duty towards the peoples of the third world already pay with their lives the consequences of climate change . 
the art of live consists in convivir sensibly with these risks and uncertainties . 
should the same way guaranteed and redoblarse efforts to establish what substances suspected of being endocrine disrupters ( . e . 
the consumer and smes are not enough of the internal market , which is supplemented with the introduction of the euro . 
after all , the banks are forced to date by the member states to report to its central bank cross-border payments that exceed 12 500 euros , with a view to the statistics relating to the balance of payments . 
of course , requires these companies the same strict standards in the area prudential and money laundering . 
we know even cases in which the committees for cross-border transfers have increased with the introduction of the euro , and not only in a small amount . 
the european central bank could contribute applying a format of data unified european in transactions of payments and the use of a identification code banking uniform at european level within the international system iban . 
it is crucial that consumers acceptance of the euro . 
madam president , mrs peijs ' report on retail payments in the internal market , it repeats the former vindication of the european parliament on the high cost of cross-border transfers within the union . 
the peijs report is so in recital d of the draft resolution , i will quote : " the high expenditure connected with cross-border transfers are harmful to the consumer confidence in the euro ' . 
therefore , we need much still to be done in this area , but resources and means that we have politicians in this respect are much smaller than those existing in connection with this issue of payments in the internal market . 
the market of the euro will be in future an internal market , and the citizen does not understand that , in this area in which disappear risks of change and the means of payment electronic through banking of the internet in everyday life , a transfer of munich to salzburg is much more costly than a transfer of munich to kiel . 
achieving this objective we will still many years of work to us and to you . 
in this opportunity , also deal with the reduction of the term to make cross-border transfers , issue on which has been insisted on the report by mrs peijs . 
the debate is closed . 
however appears to be a good policy the prefer a pragmatic approach , and proximity that puts small businesses in the heart of the device , more than a proposal which , on the pretext of prevent small measures desultory , it would serve only to create statistics whose use specific would be perfectly impossible . 
however , i would like to make three comments on this programme . 
let us remember that the first programme of community action in this area was adopted in 1983 , i.e. seventeen years . 
similarly , i have always been in favour of this based on a policy efficient and pragmatic . 
i would say that are true extent of economic and innovation , they are in the first line and are exposed to risks that this entails . 
at the end we must bear in mind the results of the work of symposium ' science and government " which took place last week in brussels under the aegis of the centre of prospective technological seville , as well as the monitoring of this symposium , because there are many interference with the subject we are discussing today . 
the rapporteur mentions a number of priorities in order to strengthen the european business climate . 
this is extremely important for europe , because it can provide rapid assistance , adequate and technically correct . 
mr president , i too would like to thank mrs maij-weggen . montfort for their excellent work . 
it is important to strike the right balance , to avoid a situation continued people fail at the expense of other people . 
this is not justice and , therefore , i support this report . 
this is also the guiding principle of the charter for small businesses . 
the programme will ensure that networks offer this information . 
it is clear that fundamental objective of the plan is to limit the emigration towards countries of the european union , as well as repatriate to few people are smuggled into the european union . 
i stress in particular , the need to take steps to improve the internal security , for the reinforcement of the dialogue between europeans and local authorities albanian and , as regards the commission and the council , to the impulse of specific actions in cooperation with the albanian authorities italian and greek . 
the poor situation social , economic and political in combination with lack or with the inadequate legal certainty and organised crime , lead to migration massive . 
mr president , unlike mrs pack , i think that the more groups dealing with albania better . 
it is clear that it is not possible to find an immediate solution to the whole of this problem , but , in a period not very long , we will have to create a world reasonably fair , safe and prospects . 
there is also a chasm between the donors , all of us , europe , the united states , which we money , we have projects and similar issues , and the people themselves that is on the ground . 
we therefore bilateral agreements which so clear and legal fixing the work of the time and place of residence , wages , the hours , working conditions and social security , so that the immigrants can be as a force at the service of the economies of our countries and contribute to the friendship and cooperation between the peoples and not to grow aspirations nationalists and of the time of the cold war . 
it repatría to people who have integrated properly . 
the point of attention must not lie in modes of halt the flow of migrants and refugees , but in how to improve the living conditions of the area so that people can remain in their homes . 
mr president , i too believe that , as he has said , mr dimitrakopoulos , with regard to the difficulties in albania - economic , social and internal security - remains the central issue of help in that country to restore the rule of law , to give security to the citizens and to restore the authority of the institutions and local administrations . 
i share the opinion of the colleague liese that we need a burden-sharing in the field of asylum and refugee policy . 
the action plan for albania and the neighbouring region was adopted in june this year , and it is therefore the sixth of series . 
to ratos is being imposed frustration , and also the shocked to european law , and we want to appeal to this parliament , but also to the other community institutions , not to shy away from the efforts of the thorough work , work with precision and made available for this time and the staff necessary . 
with this report , we want to send out to the citizens of the message that we take seriously the complaints about the poor quality of legislation and on the suprarregionalización and centralization . 
it is in itself a matter is quite important , of course , although one would not say so judging by the reduced assistance to discuss more detail on this issue . 
another matter of vital importance is that the report raises the issue of subsidiarity , to some extent is controversial this afternoon in this house . 
it would also be interesting to make a study of the current situation of the legislation in the light of this principle , to make it simpler , more transparent , more efficient and more relevant basin by freeing itself from the texts superfluous , as suggests you this paragraph 6 of this report . 
having studied the report very carefully , i have reached the conclusion that it is not even a political principle : it is a principle theological . 
in other words , we must ensure that the recognition of the principle of subsidiarity also communities smaller , to the realities autonomous , to the cruxes intermediate , to the cruxes social , families and the citizens who are the only real sovereign an action legislative and administrative . 
let me , therefore , give a vision synthesis . 
i shall give the floor to mr commissioner . 
is this an area in which we must intervene and draw up a detailed legislation to guarantee that it implantará everywhere , or should we consider as an alternative a voluntary agreement has been fulfilled and to control ? 
- ( de ) i voted in favour of the report , although i did not get the adoption of certain amendments because is the question of the high costs of change and transfers in the euro zone 
when in 15 months ' time we have , even the same coins and notes the eleven member states to become more expensive to draw this money uniform outside the country in which they live . 
mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i must start by regretting that the commissioner for fisheries , mr fischler , cannot be here today . 
it has to be an agreement advancing cooperation in fisheries and the moroccan fisheries sector , but which satisfies also fully the fishing interests of the european fleets . 
consequently , we have reached a consensus to work from the perspective of a cooperation responsible , following which morocco will express its views at a meeting which , as you indicated , will be held in brussels on 30 october , is to say , on monday . 
a few weeks ago , i was myself in algeciras , in the coasts of southern spain . is not very far from morocco . 
the time , in its future , we enseñó also difficult to could become impossible . 
by means of the fisheries agreements , the union can exercise fishing activities and exchange fishing rights with third countries . 
i read in a magazine swedish specialises in fisheries that one of these vessels desembarca its burden on the aaiún , described as a port moroccan . 
all this is at stake . are in danger all our fisheries agreements , not only with morocco because they are also mauritania and shortly guinea , among others . 
eleven months has been slow in coming to the turning point on which we , the meeting of the day 30 and , in this respect , we also know assess the latest measures of commissioner fischler , the results of their journey of the last day 26 to morocco and the interviews high-level held , even with the own king . 
but i would like to convey to the commission , represented today worthily by commissioner busquin , messages very brief . 
my question to the commission is : if we do not achieve an agreement with morocco , or if this agreement to be held in the terms identified by the commission , an agreement which will stimulate production moroccan , does the commission intend to take structural measures to compensate for the delay is going to happen in the affected regions ? 
as imaginábamos , the difficulties in negotiations with the moroccan authorities have been very great . 
finally , in the undesirable if fail , the negotiations , the union has the political and moral duty to support the fishermen and the owners with aid satisfactory that they ensure means of subsistence . 
we must dismantle the over-capacity of the eu fishing industry . 
that is why we need as quickly as possible closer economic and political relations with marruecossin prejudice to the imposition of our european interests in the area of fishing . 
that is why the commission is working on the basis of a new cooperation aimed at a development which is of interest to both sides and enable , on the one hand , the integrated development of the moroccan fisheries sector , the fleet , aquaculture , transformation commercial and research , and on the other hand , the granting of fishing opportunities to european fishermen . 
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' not only in german , there is a clear difference between the two formulations . 
in july 1999 , the commission took this infringement procedure before the court of justice . 
therefore , at least achieve harmonize systems - something which we hope - today , respecting the principle of subsidiarity must not allow it to be done pass through discrimination which probably is the request of a privilege . 
perhaps we can accept that the previous commission under the direction of mr santer were not the best , this is why disbanded . 
members of the committee on juridicos and the internal market across the union , and all the parties have been united to say that there is no point in talking about rights , support letters of rights , if in real examples in the refuses the rights to certain people are not taken real action to be recognised and applied , and this is the problem in this case . 
this is absolutely unacceptable in a modern europe . 
of course , the field of education falls within subsidiarity , but within the framework of contracts , freedom of movement of workers and the ban on discrimination concern us all , even though we are in favour - and i particularly , because i come from a federal state - the principle of subsidiarity as a principle computer cooperation in the european union , and that the distribution of competences between the different levels of europe is orderly according to the princio of subsidiarity as quickly as possible . 
in this context , because we cannot talk of discrimination . 
mr president , do you would be dealt with by an expert on the terms surgical in italian , english , french , german or by a surgeon ? 
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we want to assure you of our deep sympathy . 
i give the floor to mr ceyhun , which is referred to as rapporteur , on behalf of the socialist group . 
with regard to the council and commission statements on the third asia-europe meeting , the council has informed us that he does not wish to speak at the moment . 
it is therefore an issue which , in the role of the treaties and in view of the euratom treaty , is the responsibility of the commission ; it affects , or can affect , many citizens are not only spanish because in this area and in their area , without any contingency plan , there are hundreds of thousands of european citizens from the fifteen countries of the union , apart from many coming from outside , because it is the coast of the sun . 
madam president , it is sad , but very illustrative learn through the minister for internal spanish , mr mayor oreja , that there is any possibility of dialogue with basque nationalists , even if in future there were a new truce . 
i would ask that take account of this week a affirmation of the commission on the british government 's decision to introduce a tribute discriminatory nature for carriers of nationality is not a british one . 
given that the parties so-called liberals , even europeans are tending increasingly to aliarse forces of inspiration xenophobic , racist , authoritarian , i believe that this is a serious risk not only for italy , but it is also a sign that affects the whole of europe . 
now , in the report also includes critical comments to the french proposal . 
these demands are incorporated in amendments nos 2 and 4 mrs karamanou 's report . 
the initiative of the french presidency that we are discussing today is intended to improve the two agreements general judicial assistance in criminal matters - that have just mentioned - in particular in the fight against money laundering . 
i can only say that if the idea of the fight against money laundering is adversely , blame will be of the council and not of parliament . 
we can only congratulate them on this work . 
marinho - and i , too , agree - the road is communitisation . 
all the speakers agree that this is an initiative very valuable and we support their statements . 
what we need is to be given to europol operational capacity to act cross-border . 
cases that are too many common in our current europe . therefore , before lend my support to a rushed furor of checks mutual of judgements , i would like to see a recognition whole standards fair . 
i understand that it is very difficult because here we have to build on the basis of a dispersal of instruments . 
but is also a need in order to strengthen the economic area of the european union , and it is also a desire of the people , whom we have to be , because the citizens of the union have a right to security . 
in the european union must continue to carrying out a fight persistent against money laundering , aware that , especially after the creation of the single market and the liberalisation of the capital markets and financial services , there is a police and judicial cooperation effective between the member states , as effective as possible . 
as consultant financial , nothing authorizes suppose that the lawyer , as such , is not practising their profession . 
similarly , i would like to say that i am aware of the delicacy of the matter raised by a number of members about the conditions in the confidentiality of the legal professions may constitute a rejection founded to cooperation in the field of justice in the fight against money laundering . 
this is true , especially in the case of serious crimes , crimes especially serious and cross-border issues . 
overall , the task is so great and so important that cannot be done only by the council . 
therefore we need to strengthen the rights of citizens adopting an effective instrument and recognise the competence of the court of justice , particularly with regard to its right of interpretation and its power to decide whether or not . 
therefore , while merit my support for greater cooperation and coordination , i believe that see this as a legal system would be a wrong decision and we will oppose it . 
the second point is also interesting . 
this is something positive , and it is heartening to see that it has both support in this parliament . 
i shall take this oportunidad- because a number of members have raised issues very sensitive to tell you quite frankly , as has just said , mr coelho , that this initiative seems to us , first and foremost , be a first initiative which shows the political will of the council to overcome the delay in the area of judicial cooperation , with regard to police cooperation . 
so i think it is also as an important instrument for guaranteeing the judicial control of europol . 
the programme fair on the research in the fisheries sector of agriculture and agro-industria was part of the fourth research framework programme , which widened from 1994 to 1998 . 
with regard to the importance of the research programme for agriculture and fisheries , it is regrettable that have been acknowledged some problems relating to the organisation of the programme . 
the court of auditors ' report on the programme fair , in which to base the report of the rapporteur , not been published in march of this year , although the letters of sector were sent to the commission in december 1998 and february 1999 . 
on behalf of the committee on fisheries , i would like to highlight several points . 
you emphasised , and i thank you , the spirit within which was drafted this report , thanks to the dialogue with the court of auditors and the commission services and the interest which you expressed . 
this shows that the commission does not stayed dormant and which led to effect the comments which you have raised . 
i now come to the question that mrs . 
thank you , commissioner . 
this prize will be handed over the partnership ' enough is enough ' in the sitting december next . 
i believe deeply with it also opens the constitutional process that this house has demanded many times and with such insistence , although some heads of state and government do not want to acknowledge that . 
i am particularly happy to be before you today to discuss in depth a beautiful project as is the charter of fundamental rights of the european union , before you take the final position on this text . 
for my part , i have no doubt that this time will be presented . 
it is true , however , that there have been able to make some criticisms about the content of the charter . 
i believe that this is an important position and i welcome . 
for the parliament was a great success ensure - and the groups did shoulder on this aspect , whi