we know very well that the current treaties are not enough and that it will be needed in the future to develop a structure more effective and somewhat different in the union , a structure are more constitutional which clearly indicates what are the competences of the member states and what are the powers of the union . 
messages for concern first of first instance before the economic and social problems that we are going through , despite sustained growth , a fruit of years of effort on the part of all our citizens . 
the current situation , particularly unbearable for many companies transport independent and for agriculture , must be improved . 
find a agreement on the processes is very good , but we must ensure that this system cannot serve as a striking force policy . 
they too have now a clear vision rights that they must respect . 
i am in line with its warning the return , which attempts some , the intergovernmental methods . 
we are much to want a federation of nation states . 
the rapporteurs have highlighted the quality of discussion and also the need to go further . of course , i cannot that the join . 
i too thank all those which i have been accused of not having done this speech to those i would say that before to make a speech . we must learn , accept , assess the warring forces , because the political rhetoric must always be realistic and close to the reality and the objectives we have set ourselves . kindly earlier . 
i would like people parte of this closer cooperation for give some examples of the new european potential . 
the vote will take place today at 12.30 p.m . 
the commission cannot accept amendment no 12 . 
i will vote for the draft regulation . 
the reports of the european court of auditors continue to elsewhere to meet these sous-estimations , greece , portugal . 
consequently , we have not voted for this report . 
according to the sponsors of these bus , member states are not only cheaper and may be used global , but they are also more ecological because fuel consumption per passenger is less high . 
the role of the ' benchmarking field ' in of dissemination of good practice across the eu is also pointed that out . 
a binding charter and comprehensive , listing rights that absolutely must comply with , threatens to ask problems for a later stage . 
i thank them all two for their tremendous commitment . 
however , we do not believe that this dialogue will already be complete on nice in less than 3 months , and that reason alone , our refusal to accept the proposal to put the charter into the treaties for the summit in nice . 
the group csu the european parliament welcomes the fact that present draft charter of fundamental rights brings together and makes it visible the fundamental rights which have in the citizens towards the bodies and the eu institutions . 
it is on the image of the liberal europe which is built . 
indeed , i would have liked a freeze of this charter , so that we can continue to the work , as contained a great deal of non-governmental organisations from different countries of the union . 
( a5-0248 / 00 ) by mr queiró , on the hungary ( com ( 1999 ) 505 - c5-0028 / 2000 - 1997 / 2175 ( cos ) ) ; 
hence , i would like to propose that parliament does has more , next year , of general report but restricts itself of national reports to show that we attach to differentiated a continuation of the negotiations . 
it seems to me then that on the basis of the work which has been bound by the previous presidencies and by the commission , the french presidency will be able , at least i hope it , to give , at the nice european council , a view fairly accurate of the accession process . 
i said and i have no difficulty in say it again here , the french presidency do éludera any of the difficulties we are , which does not mean , of course , that we will have the time and resources of dealing with each of them . 
this subject is of course , perfectly legitimate , but it must be answered properly and carefully . 
enlargement is a much larger perspective that we must tackle with unselfishness and with vision . 
all the results of the intergovernmental conference fail to the giant pressure that enlargement in terms of adjustment . 
the second major change that we are seeing and which europe must adapt is the acceleration foudroyante to the economic evolution towards a global market place and world competition . 
fourthly : it follows from what this the principle is that the states who began later the process have a good luck to make up for those who started earlier . 
in areas where considerable investments and long-term are necessary to achieve the standards of the eu , should be kept in mind that the current members themselves have , in such cases , requested long transition periods . 
with regard to security of frontiers and fight against crime there will also our standards and the advantages of european cooperation . 
look at the trade that there is now with the european union and the countries of central and eastern europe . 
i was glad that the commissioner are finally beginning to speak to inform the population and say that the fears which have been mentioned had not of all meaning . 
but one thing is clear - and , and i am pleased that mr verheugen finish it once again stressed : there can be no transitional period in terms of meeting the democratic rules . 
on this point , we need the help of the commission , . while the will is there , the munitions are sometimes lacking . 
this is necessary so that we can , as the european union , we establish what objectives for fulfil our own reformes internal . 
however , we do not agree with certain aspects and questions essential . 
this runs counter to the european union , on its future independent of report to the north america and also of a common defence and security policy european , given that this is creating risks with russia , and other countries . 
we hope that there will be some results and , there will be no need refer to another intergovernmental conference what needs to be done for enlargement to take place . 
i will be brief as i have already been , since i have left three minutes of my speaking time in my first intervention . 
that is very important and , from this point of view , i am happy that the commission is working on an information campaign that commissioner verheugen wants to both broad and decentralised . 
but - and this is my last word , as i wish to well understand : i am not a pessimistic in this field , i plays no ' small arms ' , i want a strong towards enlargement - to be credible , we must also be serious , we must also be understand it , must also be able to derive the accession of the peoples , of the people of the candidate countries as option of our peoples . 
at the moment , i see no need to discuss the financial perspective in concerning enlargement . 
i cannot tell you about none of them ! 
it is also for the same , because they have also expressed the wish of join the european union . 
we shall now give the floor to the various rapporteurs . 
i have given the work of rapporteur about estonia . 
as a member of the moderate party , i am extremely thrifty when it comes to taxpayers ' money . 
only then , i believe , you could take a picture of what the latvians have done in recent years . 
that is not enough , the whole of the strategy must be focusing more for the public . 
lithuania has a potential doubt desirable to sustainable economic growth . 
in the broadest sense , this relates to the european union 's cooperation with the russian federation . 
i come now to the other weakness . the support of the public inside and outside the european union . 
by continuation of a fiscal policy intelligent , the direct foreign investments is cost , last year in more than 5,45 billion euros . 
we should not interfere , especially not we others , german ! 
democracy slovak develops way of stable , it has not always been the case . 
i am is proposing in my speech by emphasize and reiterate the six aspects of the development of the situation hungarian , which deserve to be described in the prospect of membership of the european union . 
i am satisfied that this issue was considered in the general report on enlargement presented by mr brok . 
this is also and particularly true in the nuclear area , where the legitimate concerns about nuclear safety and environmental risk being exploited by the lobby anti-nucléaire . 
the formation of a high-level group is a measure that i urge colleagues . 
the report i have honour to subjugating and which was adopted unanimously in committee , notes that the part of the territory controlled by the legal authority fulfils the political copenhagen criteria . 
to this end , a critical part would come back , without prejudice obvious in own role in the commission , to our high representative for the cfsp , mr solana . 
however , the main problem which malta should to face is that the government and the opposition deem differently the accession process and that the european union is committed to the fluidity of this process . 
even between the usa and mexico , levels are closest . that is why we are , in the field of internal market , for a well thought-out strategy , flexible and to the measure of the challenge . 
but i should also say my respect for the citizens of the countries of central and eastern europe which eurent the courage , ten years ago , of the streets and who have helped to make headway with this process . 
the information society is important for industry , old and new . 
nor can we to be blinded by the percentages of community law transposed into national legislation . 
but the ten new eastern european countries have no such uncle of america . 
this also applies , and that is degrading , for the transport of live animals to slaughterhouses . 
in all legislation major , we are considering now to impose a impact assessments on health . 
my report for opinion must also talk about the european union and say how the eu funds for regional development cannot continue to be available on the basis of a simple accounting distribution between the regions . 
elmar brok started rightly his speech by noting that we will all be the beneficiaries of enlargement , especially we who we are working on this side of the external border current . 
the development of the waterways internal will be essential for ecological reasons , because we must be averted quantities of goods on the road , and if we cannot transporting them on rail , we must use the waterways . 
it has also talked about egoism or even populism , and the drop in rate of the euro has certainly not helped to improve the things . 
the message we want to give to to the candidate countries is as follows : ' please do not dérouter by the extent of these reports and the issues , which are facing you . 
unfortunately , there is currently too many parties who have lost their ideology and which demonstrate therefore idealism inadequate and of a materialism excessive . 
if we need to defer the right to acquisition of land and use of housing at home , différons-le . 
it exists up to now ; is certainly threatened by the lack of transparency bureaucratic and resistance manifesto although not public , of certain governments . 
where incidentally are the million jobs promised by the maastricht treaty ? 
while we are in the process of revising the treaties , some states call already at a new reform . 
the vast majority investigations international on this subject have recorded gains on the scale macro-economic linked to enlargement . 
however , exception of minorities tiny , a political group can undermine the main objective of policy slovenian , which is to enter very quickly in the european union . 
if the union is enlarged quickly , there must be the breaking up strongly as it is proposed in taking positions on enlargement of the eldr group . 
in my view , it is clear that the statutory system prescribes has many long-term consequences on health orphans . 
i therefore ask you to support the amendments along these lines . 
and even we politicians europeans do not understand quite well the negotiating process . 
cyprus will become something of a bridge towards the countries of the region . 
i wish for negotiators the continuation of the success of their work in this important area . 
a second form of communication is also necessary between our countries and the accession countries so that they say what is the european union . 
we cannot afford to lose even more of the impetus that existed at the beginning of the 1990s . 
mr president , firstly , as rapporteur socialist for the report on romania , i would congratulate the rapporteur on the excellent work . 
here is that the institutions for member states for us all , to illustrate equal to the challenge , also in relation to the concerns of our own public opinion , and to find the breath , ambition and the vision of europe 's founding fathers . 
i unfortunately have the impression that , despite all the fine words and the many chapters that the council has examined of way applied , this enlargement process is neither supported by mu energy or necessary political . 
many countries of the union have addressed similar problems to some time in their development and can preach the bulgaria in order to help them to overcome those what she should be face today . 
democracy is not only a question of majorities , it is also a matter of codecision appropriate for minorities . 
the candidate countries must be on an equal footing and their accession do must be conditional on that in their own development . 
at the same time , we should recognise the efforts of countries like lithuania that rattrapent , as it were , the lost time . 
we have therefore interest to extend our system of rights and freedoms until romania and this is an argument to be emphasized in the context of the debate critical with european public opinion . 
however , it is a question around which the integration is - namely that of enlargement . 
my group therefore supports the restriction transitional periods environmental to a maximum of five years . 
mr president , we need to give a boost positive for enlargement . 
the debate is certainly open as regards the order in which these countries will join , because we must also look at the state of progress of their internal reforms . 
i welcome the very positive report on slovenia and the considerable efforts made by this country to respond the copenhagen criteria . as the head of delegation i was able to report these to many occasions like commissioner . 
in my opinion , the proposal is worthy of being taken into consideration . 
these forms of violence and exploitation of women must be now condemned and cut by every means , both the eu and in the accession countries . 
finally , i would like to take this opportunity to join with number of fellow members , and i agree with the thoughts and the concerns , and stress the need to discuss finally carefully the question of europe 's borders and , flowing , of the extent of its enlargement , and the opportunity , for parliament , by drafting a special report on this subject . 
the minutes of yesterday 's sitting have been distributed . 
thank you . 
we happens from time to time re-examine , rightly , in this house , is that a europe of citizens must be a europe in which community legislation upholds their rights properly . 
i put to the vote the request for postponement of the committee on legal affairs and the internal market . 
we know that these substances and products undesirable is rare of substances that the toxicity violent , but that these are substances that are taking place to term within the body which would have a lifespan long , such as dioxin , the aflatoxines and heavy metals as cadmium , lead and mercury . 
it is not possible to re-establish the guilty . 
if we are to allow this dilution , we must at least in notify control services and we should go on record that these watering down exist because this problem should be publicized and be the subject of a public debate . 
i should highlight the following : the dioxin crisis was the result of criminal acts against the existing regulations . 
mr president , i thank the colleagues who speakers . 
it was a pressing need . 
for example , for the fishmeal , the limit value is different from that which is proposed for animal products not maritime . 
it is time to break with an interpretation dangers the principle of subsidiarity which intends to more each day increase the tutelage of brussels in our nations . 
like the rapporteur , i think all these measures are justified , as it is justified to examine the case of these substances which it refers , which are not toxic in itself , but which increase the toxicity of mixtures . 
unfortunately , a lot of the know-how ancestral , of common sense farmer , have lost , in an era of industrial agriculture where animals are no longer than production units and goods . 
the new regulations will combine , harmonise and simplify requirements health very detailed and complex that were previously éparpillées between many directives . 
the number of people who need to learn how exactly which are components is , in my research , fairly small . 
secondly , farmers , who are the producers of ingredients of animal feedingstuffs suffer indeed a change . in the future it must destroy much most important of their basic products . 
the compensation is necessary even if it is clear that the farmers themselves are also very anxious welfare of their cattle . 
amendment no 18 means explicitly to include water in the definition of feedingstuffs . 
on the basis of these various evaluations , the commission will propose that the member states appropriate measures to limit the presence of the products involved in animal feed . 
on sight of the amendments submitted for approval of this house , i am grateful to parliament for its support in favour of the proposal . 
to sum up , therefore , the commission can accept in full 15 of the 27 proposed amendments . 
i assume that , this time , they will not succeed . 
the commission has promised that they are travaillerait and it was also announced that this list would not be ready tomorrow . 
farmers should simply know - and this , at least on request and in the form of percentages - everything contained in these compound feedingstuffs and in what quantity . 
finally , i would like to sincerely thank the rapporteur , mr graefe zu baringdorf , and also mrs roth-behrendt for their reports and hope that the council will adopt in this area a constructive attitude , so that we could reach a transparent system with regard to the statement of feedingstuffs . 
all this , obviously , because of the tragedy bse which was a genuine novel , to several chapters . 
the toxics , affecting human and animal health , are not acceptable . 
but let us begin by the good points . 
the proposal before us is the start of a series of initiatives which are based on the white paper on food safety . 
thank you , commissioner . 
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report ( a5-0248 / 2000 ) by am mr queiró , on behalf of the committee on foreign affairs , human rights , common security and defence policy , on the request accession of hungary in the european union and the state 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 request accession romania to the european union and the state of the negotiations [ com ( 1999 ) 510 - c5-0033 / 2000 - 1997 / 2171 ( cos ) ] 
thirdly and it is perhaps the condition the most difficult , the council must reaching agreement on new arrangements institutional who allow the community to function effectively , efficiently and democratically after enlargement . 
even if the you support the principles of article 13 , it is quite clear that legislation are derived from that the european union draw goes very far , and that there is no quite right to reject the candidate countries a right to differentiation cultural . 
i shall conclude by stressing the fact that the process of enlargement must take place in gradual , at a rate of the adjustment of the candidate countries . 
. ( es ) in the current context and in view of the reserves that have begun to be heard at about enlargement of the european union , it is important , that parliament is a political gesture clear in favour of it . 
. the european union , since its creation , vocation is encompass the peoples . 
the criteria of the 1993 copenhagen council , about democratisation or of the ability to support strengthen competition , as an ' acquis communautaire ' , the rule by a brutal capitalism and destructive . 
a headlong rush into enlargement , in these circumstances , risk to speed up the excesses populist and fascisantes who pointed here and there . 
the agenda for this sitting contains precisely a report relating to equal opportunities between men and women , which once again the unsatisfactory state of the acquis communautaire on this area . 
which might in fact denying entry , in the european house , poland and pope john paul ii , of hungary in 1956 budapest or of the capital symbol , prague , when our democracies popular défenestraient the head of state and écrasaient the people of jan palach , immolé for freedom . copernic of martyred 
a europe more extensive , to tasks and the homework more many , needs greater financial resources . 
i take this opportunity to express my greetings for the elderly and the pensioners of estonia , in hoping that we deals with their livelihoods in the european union . 
i therefore see no reason why latvia is not recognised inside the european union , if it is continuing to improve at the same rate and once the union will done the necessary adjustments in its structure institutional and its policies for cope with enlargement . 
i therefore see no reason why for that lithuania is not recognised inside the european union , if it is continuing to improve at the same rate and once the union will done the necessary adjustments in its structure institutional and its policies for cope with enlargement . 
progress is also obvious in the area of the environment , with the implementation of ' national fund for the protection del environment " and the application of the polluter-pays principle . 
by ensuring that poland in the common house - the union will demonstrate justice towards the new arrivante : justice which him has for too long missed . 
i hope that the czech republic join the union quickly . 
. i welcome the queiró report on the request for accession of hungary in the european union and i agree with most of the draws conclusions that the rapporteur . 
i hope that bulgaria join the union in a not too far distant future . 
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this is a positioning fair and balanced which the council of ministers should take into serious consideration . 
i hope , in this area is that the negotiations under the aegis of the united nations can succeed , so that the cypriot people greek and turkish benefit , whole , of benefits of accession to the framework of a republic reunified . 
. i should like to warmly welcome the poos report on the candidature of cyprus for accession to the european union . 
we , consumers , we are at final phase of the food chain and therefore we réceptacle the final of misappropriation and of pirate food . 
we attaches particular importance to implement , at european level , and in a concrete way , food safety since the stall to table , or since the hayfork up to the fork . 
it is precisely because we are in favour of the development of cooperation relations , a real fraternal and partners really equals , between all the countries of the world , that we do not intend , through our vote , to sanction a travesty . 
the council in informed parliament before the vote in committee , but only just before this , and deliberately removing any chance to re-examine the question with me or with parliament . 
in my report , i request an wider representation and participation of the ngos , a strengthening of the responsibility vis-à-vis the european parliament , the establishment of an annual report which must be debated by parliament , a degree of transparency the highest possible , the promotion of memory of the past as an instrument of fight prejudices and the recognition of the multiple discrimination . 
at the same time , the interests justified of workers must be taken into account . 
since such a high responsibility rests with the social partners when it comes the rules on discrimination in the workplace , they are in a better position to devise solutions practices . 
answering my invitation jenny had come attend as coordinator of the group access charter . 
practice , because the directives and action programmes encourage , first of all , the member states to combat discrimination on the basis of the same principles and , secondly , the commission to play its role as guardian of the treaties but also guide through the social debate . 
although the legal basis release appropriations for new preparatory actions and their funding within this category could lead to a cut-back in the appropriations for to other policies . 
ladies and gentlemen , we have before us a proposal for a framework directive necessary but insufficiently which we shall have the opportunity to improve the mechanisms once a certain timeframe of application will have elapsed . 
i hope that the commission , in the light of this new directive , if will involve closely to the discrimination based on sex . 
i congratulate the commission and also the authors of the reports . 
i am satisfied with the opinion of the report mann intended to serve organisations to underlying rationale to ask , if necessary , to staff of requirements for the employment in connection with this basis . 
the speed with which the institutions have made use of the new powers amsterdam proves , commissioner , that the european union should maintain its status always pioneering in terms of equal opportunities , and that is why my heartfelt thanks go to the european commission . 
the fact that there are in our society discrimination of various kinds confirms the importance of the action programme in a room , concerning the report of mr cashman . 
mr president , on behalf of the bonino list i would like to express the effarement we feel before the way europe and member countries treat the subject of discrimination , racism and xenophobia . 
can the commissioner to explain why the commission does not take account of this aspect ? 
the second issue i would like to raise is that ngos in huge , they are nevertheless are asked to deal with all the implementation , regardless of their size , to their nature and of actions which they lead . 
the liberal group and democratic evaluated all this positively and including the activity of parliament who wanted to insist , also and above all , on the prevention of phenomenon and not just on best practices . 
it is a challenge for all of us , because we we consider the other on a first impression . 
mr president , combat and legislate against discrimination that is recognizes that they exist and even that they are , to many of them , ' regulated ' because banalisées . 
the first , the unctad , the un conference on trade and development , asked in 1963 in geneva the principle inequalities compensatory , therefore discrimination . 
in fact , information and awareness in this respect a fundamentally important , they must be a factor figure and to serve to instill a new approach , a new way of thinking and to be so that these prejudice still way in the population to be able to be completely eradicated and that a real parity is guaranteed in terms of law between all citizens . escaping of fuzzy are 
it is therefore important to make progress with the two legislative initiatives discussed today , by improving , however , some of their aspects and increasing the amounts set for the financing of the programme , to reflect the political importance of this fight against discrimination . 
in particular , the agreement on the principle of provision for changes reasonable , including sweden and ireland are the pionnières , will now ensure that employers in the whole of europe , to adapt their workplace , acquired special equipment and adjust their working methods in order to give a fair chance employees disabled . 
article 13 is the start of a new objective of the eu : combat discrimination or the unequal treatment of citizens through reasons quoted in this article . 
the second point i would like to highlight is the gross mistake committed unfortunately by the commission with this first package in the way it has wished to produce a list of priorities with regard of grounds for discrimination . 
mr president , the discrimination on the grounds of religion is unacceptable , as any other forms of discrimination . 
as secular convinced , i cannot therefore to associate myself with it . 
however , the generous idea to recognise the maximum possible provided that it is compatible with the same measure of freedom for the others , even today obstacles - the some of fact and the other of law . meeting to every citizen of freedom 
one of these directives has already adopted last record time , and i believe that the else has a good chance to be adopted during the french presidency in november . 
some do not conform to the legal requirements , as the amendment regarding the agreements committees . 
however , i cannot accept amendment no 38 , which proposes abolishing of article 5 the list of differences treatment on the grounds of age , which could be justified . 
you have mentioned the important question of the conformity of contract . 
this is the first time that we are allowing joint projects in this action programme . 
it is clear that more the code will be global , all the more will be effective . 
article 7 of the code urge member states to prevent any transfer of arms to users final inappropriate . 
mr president , i confess that i the nostalgia the time when , of the european parliament , but also of various peace movements and trade unions , incentives to think , to act within the context of a gradual reduction of the production of weapons and in which one wondered how you could increase from military use is to the civil use . émanaient 
given the situation facing today the planet and our continent , after the end of the cold war and breaking the equilibrium established by the terror of weapons of mass destruction , such behaviour would be irresponsible . 
these weapons have become , as it were , the symbol for anarchy in many places in the world . 
the cfsp covers a activity designed to deal with the crisis situations outside the eu borders and not anything to be described as a defence policy . 
their objective is to prevent arms exports to destination of governments which abuse human rights , of regions in of conflicts is or the regions engaged in races to arms . 
the commission , in close collaboration with the member states , has actively participated in the elaboration of the joint action of the european union relating to the light weapons and of small calibre . 
the next item is the commission communication on the european research area . 
introduction of forms of intervention of extended opening ; intermediary between the support of projects and financing institutional , use of instruments variable-geometry offered by the treaty , especially the participation of the union in national programmes as it is anticipated in article 169 of the treaty . 
what we want to strengthen , that is the character of hierarchy and depends on the level how the speech . 
you say consider total made a revision of the framework programme . 
i think we need today something that structure the european research area , in other words something which goes beyond a framework programme coming to additional national programmes and we need a element structure , which means which we have to accept formulae . 
on the deliberations with the stoa , i believe we should be something together , since the house , the joint research centre institutes vision present in the different member states are concerned . 
it seems that the commission proceeds taking giant steps forward towards the creation of the european research area . 
there will be all a chapter on sciences , society and the citizens . 
contacts have taken place with the authorities in greece , ireland and portugal for ask the government of these countries to speed up the presentation to the commission of their projects under the cohesion fund . 
probably the absence of the service you mention , which had existed in the previous commission and which was exclusively dedicated to the cohesion fund not allow to have elements more concrete . 
my second question : apart from the cohesion fund , there is the community support framework , the structural funds , the regional programmes , etc. of which countries have you received projects final and what programmes of which countries have you already approved ? 
in 1989 , the commission has introduced a new proposal before providing greater flexibility . 
i listened carefully to the arguments of mr bolkestein and i know that the rule of principle of the treaties forbidden to tax the more that companies domestic , but the general act of fair competition in europe should apply and when levels of taxation are completely unreasonable , we should consider the effect that legislation on competition can have on the situation , and this despite the general rule that there is a prerogative of the member states . foreign 
if you want to retain the fuel , it must be done via taxes the fuel , not through other forms of taxation . 
i will reply to mr purvis that the question disadvantages regional natural is probably the responsibility of the national governments to the extent where part of their electorates is in these peripheral regions and away . 
mr president , commissioner , thank you for the information . 
during the spring and of the summer last , the commission has undertaken a general review of its activities and resources human . 
we have had certain information in this direction . 
those children , in an ever increasing proportion , are exploited by tourists and business people , which for a significant number of them have just europe . 
the commission believes that all businesses will be able to prepare for time for the final conversion to the euro , including with regard adjusting their computer systems and their software . 
this discussion philosophico-politique is no longer on the agenda but we can debate general about the dangers of an referendum , although it may be in another context . 
that also applies to momentum . 
a reminder has recently been sent to the french authorities . 
as regards candidate countries , i can tell you that meetings have been held with them on the subject of animal transport and that agreements preliminary were concluded . 
however , the commission has been informed during the spring of interception of seeds imported from conventional varieties of different species , is understood cotton , containing traces of gm seeds . season flower seeds this year 
however , after consulting its services , i can inform you that the central concerns in relation to security computer equipment for private use or professional are drawn up by a directive on the electrical equipment , the directive ' low tension ' and by the directive on equipment and radio sector telecommunications terminal equipment . 
is accordera-t-il nevertheless with me to say that the distinction made between safety at work and security in class or security for a child working home is not actually a ? 
perhaps serrera-t-il the hand of president khatami . 
aung san suu kyi today is to facto under house arrest . 
i object to this to go further on trade or to advise other action regarding trade or investment . 
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those who said to me this were for example refer to some meetings electoral which they had been committed . 
questions 16 to 44 will receive written answers . 
what we would like to , that is a report european consolidated , published and examined by this parliament . 
we should concentrate on the transition to the non-production arms and not the way in which we will ensure our competitiveness with respect to the other countries of the world who produce of armaments . 
the five permanent members of the security council , who are supposed to look after our security , should listen to these proposals and negotiate as soon as possible , to arrangement really worthy of the 21st century . 
today 's debate poses a important milestone in the reform process that the prodi commission has started it is a bit over a year . 
i cannot help for getting the impression that in its haste to produce a proposal within the deadline set by the white paper on reform , the commission has failed to address properly the details . 
i therefore propose that the financial controller and the internal auditor have full two of the annual reports making account of their activities . 
the van hulten report heightening more still , and rightly , the distinction plaidée by the commission . it constitutes a good basis from the exchange of best practices between the institutions . 
hope that this is not repeated ! 
if we create a rule on the major institutions , then the principle of independence highlighted by the wise men should be everywhere . 
we have very often had in the past situations in which in the decision-making inordinately long have caused with the proposers disappointment and the loss of confidence in the european institutions . 
i would like to say to mrs commissioner that it is just a transitional stage . this means that we are talking about the first phase of building a bridge between the control system we have today and the system we want after the reform . 
that is the proposal which is before you . 
only when they will be able to take on this role that the sampling , the process of samples , will also be frequently controlled , will be withdrawn . 
beyond the words , we are all aware that the task is certainly not easy . 
i think of course that we are not qualified , or as politicians nor in our capacity as technicians to allow us tackled only to resolving this problem . 
fortunately , the vast majority children and young people grow up in a middle free of such harmful factors . 
i fully the view expressed by the president of the commission , when it is about the need to create such a catalogue statutory ; it need strongly in my opinion , strengthen the principle of subsidiarity and we must , therefore , that the eu will want to establish policies in a large number of areas on which the political problems are not transnational . abstienne of 
information from the world , affecting to all areas of knowledge become accessible since the home in the shortest time possible . for them , communicate with all of world is one thing normal decision . 
arrested very quickly , they have the policemen : " this is funny , in the feuilletons , we does not also take easily ' . 
the legislator - i conclude here , mr president - cannot resolve matters , but it must sometimes recall the rights and duties of everyone . 
i am very sensitive also comments which have been made on education , on training to read the pictures , on the awareness of the young generations to have a critical approach media and not to consume whatever they like , whenever you like , whatever . 
if a report like this fails to make some progress , to improve the mobility or at least to beginning to slaughter the barriers which hamper the world of education , nothing will have an impact more negative on their opinion . currently mobility 
the problems to solve in the various countries are diverse nature : for example , regulations different on social security , grants to the study , right of residence , taxation and lack of mutual recognition of examinations and courses involved . 
it is time for europe focuses again on the good implementation of programmes such as socrates and youth for europe . 
experience as regards mobility of students and teachers demonstrate that the real problems of this mobility are not so on the side of the direction of education but in the field of authorities social , fiscal and immigration . 
has been mentioned the socrates programme can illustrate the problem . 
there must be a inspection system clear , a clear administration , even though they have been a by samples , and , above all , a desk outside , a web page , where the commission might tabling complaints . 
we therefore demand integration of the target group researchers among the categories of people that can benefit recommendations . 
that is easy to do in a speech , but not so much in practice . 
the debate is closed . 
we appreciate your approach , as in that of the president chirac or the minister joschka fischer . 
enlargement requires the strengthening ; the strengthening enables and do not compromises enlargement . 
( applause ) europe has a cultural heritage , social , legal and scientific single fuelled by the variety and the vitality of the national components . 
the motion for a resolution on the commission 's reports , on which you will be voting earlier , is rich in this area . 
that is clear on the report produced by the finnish presidency on women and decision-making . indicators she has drawn up will allow us to evaluate the progress made . 
beyond this conference of ministers and the symposium on equality at work , two very important reports , devoted specifically to equality but come under the council on employment and social affairs deserve to be mentioned . 
the second is along the principle of non-discrimination , including that based on sex . 
within the framework of the annual reports , i would like to add - and the president-in-office has also touched on this point - that one of the main problems facing the eu is obviously the existence of large cultural differences . 
the reports which we are debating here also give that impression . 
we must ensure that the directive on equal action reflected really in legislation . 
i believe that this method , applied in the first instance by finland , is usable in several areas and , since this is part of the strategy of equal opportunities of the commission , we can be expected of good results . 
on behalf of equal opportunities , french women have captured , thanks to the europe , the right to work by night . 
as someone french , that vision of the world me is particularly foreign . 
in spite of these comments , we will vote this report because , of course , we are in favour of equal opportunities , but equal opportunities is , above all due respect for everyone . 
those who deprive the mothers freedom to raise their children without being paid later , in the form of crime juvenile and of vandalism . the bill will be replied 
i would remind you in this respect our report on the splitting rights pension in case of divorce so that the service to the survivors and the age of the pension are integrated into the directive from 1979 . 
women polish we were very grateful to specify that the representative who was present has not even take over the position of women polish . 
women to have a greater presence at every level of government and in all fields is essential to strengthen democracy and to promote and maintain peace . 
finally , i would like to mention the situation of women in the countries which have prepared their accession to the european union . 
also the members of the council , and particularly the men who are here to assume the primary mission which is to bring the europe in the fight against the mafia which hosts trafficking in women . as this type of slavery is not the kind of problems that can make heighten the shoulders of politicians responsible , or that they can hold back or overlook . sit , granted to 
we can make reporting and the speeches that we are examining today that the problem of equal opportunities is , as many of you know knew about it , a problem of order structural and that , for the address , we must global strategies , because women are neither a category or a social group homogeneous , and even less collective . 
it is true that i was slightly sorry to see that maria de belém roseira do more occupy this post . 
two of you mentioned new rights social , new rights taxation . 
thirdly , they form the basis of a strategy with regard to the european union , even for the charter of fundamental rights , the fact of having prepared of a view of the current situation has played an important role - but they also offer the possibility at national level , since the member states can now , thanks to the comparative assessments , define their national targets . 
the joint debate is closed . 
we must see these amendments in the new perspective of the interinstitutional agreement and , therefore , parliament can do not insisting on these amendments comitology since that , in a way , they have been overtaken by the new interinstitutional framework . compromise in 
however , i still personally to think that the text approved at the time by parliament responded for the new realities flowing from internal market and of market liberalisation , in the sense that the elements of clarification and control that the amendments not accepted ensured greater respect to regulation and the apply the same procedures . introduced much better 
if we want the third countries must accept the compromise , the european community must be the first to apply to look at respect for his own standards , because if a country has the time to introduce of products on the market with community smuggling , why prendrait-il the death to negotiate some sort of concession with us ? 
similarly , parliament 's amendment with regard to the statement of those without papers , that adopted by the council will allow customs administrations of member states become retro-fit instruments management warning the most modern . 
but it is too late now because the vote has just been held and the members have voted in favour of it . 
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report ( a5-0198 / 2000 ) by mrs dybkjær , on behalf of the committee on women 's rights and equal opportunities , on the commission 's annual reports on " the equal opportunities for women and men in the european union - 1997 , 1998 , 1999 " ( com ( 1998 ) 302 / 1999 ) ( com ( 1999 ) 106 - c5-0289 / 2000 ) ( com ( 2000 ) 123 - c5-0288 / 2000 - 1999 / 2109 ( cos ) ) - c5-0106 
. this is not the first time i have spoken on the mobility of students and of the body teacher . 
this report is even more important that it occurs at a critical time for the european union , that of enlargement . 
discrimination do must be fought not by the creation of services additional administrative , only in people 's heads . 
. i did not vote the report mann , because if it is absolutely need to seek equal treatment for people in the field of employment and work , should also not taking the zeal in the point to abandon all protection from freedoms and with due respect of the rule of law . 
being a secular convinced , therefore , i could not to associate myself with it . 
the snp welcomes this directive and of its objective to put an end to discrimination on the workplace . 
if we want to make the directive acceptable and enforceable , it cannot be overburdened with literature and desires which had no place into a legislative text . 
the eplp has , however , strong reserves for the following areas . 
some things too should , in our view , be left to the discretion of member states , such as the general terms of application , the organisation of training for workers of certain age groups , the nature of the system mediation and the way smes should interpret the directive . 
in this interview , van hulten rightly pointed out that only the resolution of problems such as the fraud , the waste , but also the lack of effective and the decision-making process , will enable us to start with an agenda positive . 
the reasons in the direction taken by my vote we word , to a large extent , to the issue of linkage between the european union and nato and to the boost given to the common defence policy . 
these include also european arms exports as a means of resolve the conflict in the future local geographical areas bordering on the europe . 
however , i cannot accept this being formula the need for a common defence policy and for a european policy of security and defence . 
children are the first victims of violence on television . 
i welcome conduct the study . 
a group of experts will be also such at community level . it will have the task the creation of a memorandum establishing the general principles for the protection of minors in the media context . 
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it is particularly interesting that , for the first time , or enhanced the need to continue the evaluation of the political initiatives at the way the annual reports of the commission . 
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mr president , peru afflicting times of uncertainty , and we have all the hope that the current situation is resolved through a process , guaranteeing all civil and political rights and contributing to the strengthening of democracy and peace in peru , where 25 000 people died in the last fifteen years . 
the word in question is the word ' democracy ' . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the conditions under which were held the elections in peru in may of this year unacceptable . 
b5-0793 / 2000 , by mrs ainardi and others , on behalf of group of the european united left / nordic green left , on the situation of women in afghanistan . 
i therefore welcome note that the report contains certain points clear and specific on the situation of women and that it focuses attention on the need of attempting to intervene to prevent the taliban regime from continuing to his work of discrimination total of women . 
the eu has an important task . 
there cannot be recognition on the part from any member state , both that will be maintained policy as a human rights violation , particularly systematic of discrimination against women . 
we must take account of this fact , in the european institutions , and the fact that the drug crops are used to buy of arms . 
it will support however in a decisive manner neighbouring countries , to improve their possibilities of fight against drugs . 
i think it is time to recall the need that the european union is beginning to outline a global policy towards the countries of latin america that could perhaps prevent these countries cross periodically crisis situations such as those that some have experienced . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the commission and the house welcome the release of father jesuit spanish alejandro matos castro last week . 
b5-0782 / 2000 , by mr haarder , on behalf of the group of the europe liberal , democrat and reform party , on macedonia : legislation to higher education and universities ; 
that is why we are very positive that the problem of higher education has perhaps finally found a solution really positive . 
for my part , i see a good example for all countries neighbours which showed that education is not that to spread hatred - as is the case - but that it can also be the cradle of cohabitation multi-ethnic peaceful . above all the more often 
i would also have liked to see this solution is approved by all parties represented in parliament . 
perhaps i can take this opportunity to underline that the commission has already been able to welcome his cooperation with the high representative , mr van der stoel . 
we are not holding this debate today only to express our deep sorrow . we are having the especially for check what has happened , what are the causes and how we are going remedy the situation , how we can , as the commission and the european parliament , ensure that such events do not occur again . 
in any case , mr president , we agree with this joint resolution on which we support as it is libellée , under urgency , and on the basis , it goes without saying , of what i have referred to earlier . we disagree with the amendments tabled also under for this urgency . 
for the amendment on working conditions , there is a directive relevant , the amendment 's wording is not as satisfactory that the text . 
this is simply unacceptable for the islands of the north and the west of scotland , as in the route potential of crossings of the north sea towards the european continent which will , i hope , be opened in the near future . 
i am pleased that the greek government has meanwhile cancelled this derogation . 
therefore , in the result of the accident of the ship samina express , the commission has immediately asked the greek government to provide clarifications on the application of community law in force . 
i would like to raise the issue in mind , and i ask you to clarify this with the bureau , if , following the removal friday , the abolition of the thursday has not already started of a certain side . 
this matter is not resolved and as long as it will not , the international financial institutions - the imf and the world bank , will not help serbia . we must therefore also work at un level with the countries of former yugoslavia to find as quickly as possible an agreement which can unblock , when the time of freedom comes in serbia , the economic aid - through imf and world bank not democratic . 
in these moments will perhaps be play in the streets of belgrade the advent of a democratic change where the use of violence can be avoided . 
we condemn all acts which can be considered as a provocation , particularly as regards the holy places in jerusalem . 
by report in the middle east , we europeans have agreed to a effort - venice , madrid , oslo , stockholm - and we have truly supported the promotion and the development of this process . 
does the more shocking concerns the use of bullets of fragmentation that the police and the army israeli ; these bullets , which explosent in the body in tens of pieces and which are prohibited in an international level , even in the battles opponent of soldiers , are now employed against civilians . 
i think europe can and must to do a lot in this direction , with clarity and decision . 
we must therefore do everything to stop the fire ongoing as quickly as possible . 
of provocation such as the action of ariel sharon must not be allowed to happen . 
again it is currently the case , and it is this which prevents and has prevented europe , during all these years , to play a role mediation in the middle east , abandoning this role to the usa alone . 
we do not sacrifierons the serbian people to our fine goals moral because it could spell the death of thousands of people in serbia and in yugoslavia . 
finally , madam president , i propose to send a parliamentary delegation as quickly possible and as soon as a new yugoslav government will been formed , to establish the plans reconstruction of a new serbia in cooperation with this new government . 
madam president , ladies and gentlemen , we are obviously a historic day in this parliament which will mark the end of perhaps one of the last cornerstones of a dictatorship totalitarian in europe . 
mr president , there is a problem , the german version of the gathering on the urgencies - i do not know whether it is also the case for the other versions - contains only the amendments of the group of the european gue , but no motion for a resolution , nor the common text . 
mr president , i would simply like to draw the attention of my fellow members , about the pile which makes it which documents we needed for the votes of this week . 
if parliament could tabling amendments to the council decision , it soulignerait probably unemployment and the social problems in croatia which are due the regime in austerity imposed to that country . yet there is no legal basis for such amendments in this context . 
that is the opportunity to claim the same objectives as regards the eib 's activities . 
mr president , we have discussed yesterday evening , within this house , the question of serbia and revolutionary changes which occur there . 
i also want to convince my colleagues , and especially the council , to remain in the negotiations the coming months on the budget for next year and the coming years , most faithful to the commission proposal , who in my view , is to date the best estimate of global costs in croatia and in other parts of the balkans . possible 
in 1990 , the democratic elections held in this country were judged a fair and free by the international opinion . 
i therefore say yes to financial aid , yes to this guarantee and i invite the commission to help this country deeply european and now really governed democratically and according to the principles of the rule of law , to associate it the candidates for accession , because i believe that croatia has had our unconditional support . vigorously massively 
like the rapporteur , i wonder whether money intended to this end will be really available , especially since it looks as if enormous funds must be made soon to serbia and that the union budget is not tightened up considerably . 
delegations from parliament croatian and on ours were also invited the council to extend the mandate of the eib . 
i hope that contacts is noueront quickly and that , as in croatia , aid is provided to the serbian people and which deserves our greatest respect . 
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in this same spirit , we call on the women of the european parliament to participate in this delegation : there will be an appeal tuesday and wednesday and we prize signatures and participation in the delegation in the intention express building , between women , bridges peace where there is violence . 
overall , there is had more suffering for the basque people , and for spaniards ; it is certain that the spanish and the basque are tired of the current conflict . 
madam president , you might recall that , in the last part-session i mentioned the plight of a militant democrat , the british james mawdsley , which was accommodated illegally by the burmese authorities . 
madam president , on this as i am concerned , i intend to speak in fact of the rules of procedure . 
this report in effect is apparently technical , which is to provide a major changes of a political nature , is extremely important in the extent that , dropped , it introduces the opportunity to practise genetic engineering in viticulture and therefore to reach a viticulture modified . 
if we do not agree with the report , there will be some delays . 
the council of state - as you said - has rejected this appeals and we has duly informed of this rejection . 
but today the situation again and concerns a colleague , of course , ppe , but not my political camp in italy . 
for this reason , we want actively for the introduction of a scoreboard social , as has been the case for the internal market , with clear measures , deadlines and deadlines . 
i hope , minister , that the council will be inspired by of parliament 's expectations and that you will manage , at the nice summit , to fix ambitious objectives in a european social policy agenda which we can then do something about coming years . 
following the council informal ' employment and social policy ' of 8 july in paris , the presidency asked all the actors involved - european parliament , of course , economic and social committee , committee of the regions , social partners , ngos , groups and committees of the council - for to say their proposals . 
oppose the quantitative the qualitative is a false debate and lisbon has clearly set ourselves two objectives , namely more jobs and better employment . 
we must encourage this mobility , while ensuring the safety of paths professional . 
we must try to reiterate and describe the shortcomings in the system and , in any event , we must put them in the agenda . 
we believe that open coordination is the right path towards a social europe . 
the implementation of ambitions societal posted at lisbon calls a community effort , an action plan for the employment creation in the services , particularly those related to the information society . 
the commission can of course make an important contribution , but the problems social are anchored to the local , and means that we should treat these as taking maximum account of the various contexts concrete . 
the social acted as redressing the effects the worse of economic policies . 
the proposal presented by the commission from the beginning would have been much better without amendment - congratulations , commissioner . 
it is a ambitious agenda . i can still remember how much we have made progress painstakingly in social protection during the last legislative term . 
i think that this will be very positive and help women to reconcile family and working lives . 
i sometimes have the impression , that , in the concept of modernisation , people often think at emptying the social protection of its substance . 
what are the fundamental factors the contents ? 
it is still difficult to define european objectives which will be equal advantage in force for all the member states , since there is a reality diverse . 
49 amendments were tabled by the commission . 
it is therefore important that we provide guarantees concerning the possibility that will have the non-governmental organisations to influence the process . 
another point is that the community has to intervene further with the estimate of needs of additional initiatives , including , where appropriate , the adjustment of the regulation , equal opportunities and the fight against discrimination . 
it is not that good ideas and fine plans to achieve equality have missed in the past , but their implementation has often failed . 
it is not acceptable for the voice women is accaparée by a handful of professional of the demand living thanks to the perfusion of public purse . 
equality of men and women in civil life , which allows women to enjoy to the full the human rights and fundamental freedoms . 
i expect that the actors male are interested , finally , and that they are fighting of stereotypes have been added and of roles gender exceeded . 
however , i believe we have the thank for having followed this debate , given that its presence was not planned during this discussion . 
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we must offer our companies the best possible conditions so that they can organise their production and especially their future . 
they must have of a large choice of product high-quality sold at competitive prices : it is , ultimately , the why we need to promote the single market and , at the same time , free competition , because this will benefit to all our citizens . 
this is the decision to give or of not granting aid in coal . 
item 16 of the riis-jørgensen report talks about the concern to improve the legal certainty at applications of mergers , and to make better and quicker timetables applicable to appeal procedures . 
in all cases , it is matter of government enterprises who owe their force no to a fine management , but to positions of monopoly past and present . 
we is necessary to involve its citizens more in information on competition policy , so that it in recognises the advantages . 
they have significance arm for employment and regional policy and i want it understood in the future , so that this aid , aid home , who have implications for regional development and the economy of the regions , and where transport take value of typical example , can be pursued . 
this communication contains three messages important . 
i should also like to thank mr evans for his excellent report on the arrangements for state aid in the steel industry and to the eighth report of the commission on state aid in the european union . 
so i would like to reassure mrs palacio and mr karas , and the other members who have spoken on these points , and tell them that the regulation takes account preoccupations . 
otherwise we servirions our objective , which is to promote competition and consumers , in a way perverse . 
the joint debate is closed . 
the mechanism of financing is the application of article 119 of the ec treaty , which remains in place for the third stage of economic and monetary union only for the member states that are not joining the single currency . 
mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i welcome that we can continue discuss today of the proposal for a council directive amending directive 68 / 193 / eec on the marketing propagating material végétative vines , and i hope that the vote tomorrow is positive . 
some of them have launched , on 5 july , the call of beaune , where people express any their concern at the introduction of gmos in their job . 
the rules that are also in favour of the production of a material plants varied by offering the best health guarantees and this is central to accompany the restructuring of vineyards community point key to the new com vini-viticole . they impose effectively , 
it must be made very clear - there was not need to gaver the articles of this directive of references to directive 90 / 220 being reviewed , except to want to promote to any force in vines the genetic manipulation . 
i have the pleasure of informing you that we can accept furthermore amendments nos 35 to 40 , tabled by mr graefe zu baringdorf , that tend to strengthen the transposition of safety requirements and management enshrined in the directive 220 / 90 . 
i should just like to point out that the parliament has not been asked to comment as such . 
madam president , this is about paragraph 14 of our minutes on the request for waiver of parliamentary immunity of our college pacheco pereira . 
i will be more specific on the qualified majority . 
on the weighting of votes , the two options on the table : weighting why a slight , very small , majority is confirmed , either double majority , but with various alternatives , dual simple majority or repondérée or a form of ' net demographic ' . well known is equally simple 
furthermore , without prejudice of any assessment of needs and coordinating aid to the federal republic yugoslav , which will be given jointly to the european commission and to the world bank , the european council in biarritz decided to take in the federal republic of yugoslavia a first emergency humanitarian aid of eur 200 million . economic and financial 
but you see , ladies and gentlemen , if i wanted to tell you spontaneously and very sincerely my feeling , i would say this : whatever the sensitivity of these issues - composition of the commission and voting system - this is not on this basis that the it is possible to measure the failure or the success of nice . 
positive also was the approval by the heads of state and government of the charter of fundamental rights , but i will have however remind you , mr president-in-office , the reason which has rendered this approval possible . 
as we must not make die of boredom the spirit of nice , our priority fundamental during the 50 days which remain will be to raise the negotiations at political level . 
in this respect , i would also like to address to meps of the european people 's party - and i would ask mr poettering to hear me - because what we are defending in this house , we must defend it outside . 
as far as we know of the result achieved by the prime ministers and presidents in biarritz on the issues highly sensitive to reform the treaty , the charter will probably be the most wonderful success of nice . 
the council really would meet the expectations our european by launching a great consultation of the people , the national parliaments , allowing to achieve a charter replying really to requirements . 
we must therefore launch an invitation to all for return to the origins of our union , have the courage which have taken place mr giscard d ' estaing and mr schmitt in deciding to the election by universal suffrage of the european parliament in 1976 and in 1979 and decide that in 2009 we will have finally a president of the european union , president of the commission . 
i would particularly , in this respect , respond to what said mr poettering on the gap between large and small countries . 
i have just returned from a word simply on the affairs of external trade policy , because it is a subject quite serious . 
it is nevertheless something valuable which has been stressed by all the members of the european council . 
another very positive point was the adoption of the charter in its entirety . 
beyond , i think that on this crucial question for the future of the european union and of its way of decision , biarritz marked of points and we can only welcome this . 
i hope that we can still convince , make progress , for the override this point in nice . 
i quote two concrete examples : firstly , we move from right to work the right to work and , secondly , a number of social rights included in the revised social charter of the council of europe are not in the charter . 
it clearly emerges from the debates that have take place throughout europe , including those in biarritz , that major member states try , in part , to put pressure on the member states smaller to restructuring the european union in accordance with the line policy pursued by the the larger countries and also on their desires . 
the dissatisfied with the two sides are proof for the negotiators that they are give lifts towards a proper balance . 
the leaders in europe have made no of clear vision . 
a committee structured on criteria of representing each state betrays a concept little visionary . 
there we would have a centralised union , which would leave to small countries less influence than the system of bicamérisme american do leaves the federal states small . 
after the summit in sharm-el-sheikh , where all the parties concerned were present for find even now a way out of the crisis of violence and re-establish dialogue between barak and arafat , we have seen though there is been the same moment when this seemed proper , that it is extremely difficult to contain violence . 
bad informateurs obviously are say to mr barón something that is not true about italy and of my party . 
we must can make progress of taxation for participants of energy in europe . this last has suffered a blocking total so far because the principle of unanimity . 
we cannot allow unfolds a situation in which small states in viendraient to fear a drift towards solutions of directorat . 
i believe that the convention has produced an excellent work and i am proud to have been able to count amongst its members . 
in this second scenario , the issue will be to say when this principle will work of the rotation strictly equal between large and small . 
the extension of qualified majority voting with codecision , the preservation of article 250 as it is today , the place and the commission 's role in closer cooperation and not just on the first pillar - these are among the elements which will allow us to judge instantly if there is ultimately to genuine subjects failure or success . 
mr president , thank you , first of all , to jacques delors , thank you to altiero spinelli and to fernand herman , thank you all , of vaclav havel to carlo ciampi , to jacques chirac , michel barnier to pierre moscovici , of chris patten to costa simitis , passing through florence , and by the myriad of current meps who have gone back from 1999 , the great movement for a european constitution . to jacques of joschka fischer 
are not criticising too europe merchant , and this is a socialists , which telling you this : it has given us more of wealth for all . 
accordons-nous at least on this objective , and because we do , say how do we achieve that ? 
mr president , i had the honour of being note that in substance , the proposals presented recently to the intergovernmental conference run in one direction that the whole or part of criteria , which i have exposed . 
mr president , commissioner , rapporteurs , ladies and gentlemen , you wished that we could have achieved , this morning , a debate on the issues on which your house deemed it necessary to complement the report for the intergovernmental conference that it gave last april . 
and , while respecting the constitutional framework existing , it seems to me difficult - i am telling you , to permit more than a procedure for their opinion parliament when the outbreak . 
as you well know , this means that we do certain choices politicians , to a far greater scope as the regulation of three requirements laid down highest . 
i myself underlined that the formula retained for the charter was a path to explore . 
but i understand that beyond the aspect linguistic , your question cachait a further concern . 
this is also why i want to thank you , and substantive and on the form , to the initiative which you have taken . 
the establishment of closer cooperation should not lead to the creation of new bodies which viendraient be added to the institutions of the union . 
it is time to revise the treaties . 
the council 's refusal to integrate the charter of fundamental rights of the union in the founding treaties , making so those legally binding and that manner to citizens whose rights would not have been respected to recourse to the court of justice , undermines this consensus . fundamental rights of helping to european 
unless this happens , we will not obtain this europe of the citizens , in my opinion . 
paragraph 8 : the constitution will deal - and i quote - " questions left open ' . 
nobody has yet able to explain what would have changed since then . 
secondly , in relation to an agenda insufficient , which has left aside questions particularly important for the future of the union and the interest of the citizenship . 
minister , we tell people that on the eve of the revolution bolchevique - a event which should have disastrous consequences throughout the world - the orthodox church was in a debate on the style of ceremony to bear during the carême . russian plongée complex clothing 
it is therefore imperative that the cooperation offer any guarantees that has recommended the rapporteur , be they open to all , respecting the spirit of the treaties and that they do not go against the acquis communautaire . 
there are , however , a thing i should like to accentuate : i do not think it is right to demand or to give priority to the path of referendum compulsory in all the member states , to the adoption of the amendments proposed . 
we have held a debate very stoked on two issues that , although different , meet in one point . 
we are prepared to ensure that it can be put to the vote during the session of november , so that the text will be adopted in the french presidency . 
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what is the meaning of ' the introduction of the possibility of retire gradually via the part-time work ' , if not a threat to the retirement age however far too high already in many countries ? 
everyone knows that pensioners , as children , like jam . 
i asked to pensioners who i have mandated here in the european parliament , with the pensioners ' party if it their plairait to drink wine genetically modified . 
or , by derogation , be brought onto the market propagating material standard , when the needs cannot be are covered by other categories . 
i would therefore ask you , mr president , the variations of labour costs do not constituent-elles for this reason , they also the limit to free competition in the european union ? 
it was therefore inevitable that we shall be voting against this report .. 
despite the measures taken in favour of greater deregulation in the european union , state aid still have a constructive role to play in social and economic development . 
this aid can prove essential for the protection of the environment , maintaining of public services and the guarantee of income equal to the inhabitants of the geographically disadvantaged regions . 
we underline the risk , after the recognition of the control of the eu on extensive state aid , to see it target the aid a low amount channels by competition made to the smes . 
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if we asking the échéanciers implementation of the budget for categories 2 , 3 , 4 and 7 , we see that only an average of 8 % of the commitments are covered by payments . 
three years ago , we are endeavoured through our initiative for employment in enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to obtain of risk capital . 
parliament wants to do this in two ways . 
only then the european institutions according to their mission . 
i take the opportunity to thank the vice-president responsible budgetary matters , our colleague gerhard schmid , for its constructive cooperation . 
we want this committee should be capable of working but we cannot tolerate that it is place where the european parliament 's demands as part of the budgetary authority , face the less than echoing . 
this means that the exercise 2001 is the last budget year fully-fledged and it is in this context that there must assess the commission 's proposal and that which we are proposing to parliament . 
we also want to that we should look at administrative expenditure . 
since 1985 - i repeat - 85 , parliament 's committee on budgets is trying to bring the european parliament 's procedures take account of the financial implications resolution that vote parliament . 
i will end , mr president , by thanking the other institutions to their prompt action in curing this joint declaration . 
you are must now you decide on a budget which has already been amended at first reading by the council . 
on action structural : the amount of structural actions has generally been perpetuated in comparison to the budget 2000 . 
the council 's approach to regard to the revision of the financial perspectives is tranquillity . 
when you look at these various figures , we see that there are still considerable differences in terms purely quantitative but also , naturally , in terms of content . 
in this connection , i must point out that , last year , the new decision was taken with the council at the end of a long debate and i have little hope of be able to start this debate . 
the financial perspective decided in berlin for the period course up to 2006 envisaged 8,1 billion euros for the meda programme . 
i would , therefore , ask the council and to the commission on budgets to think in terms of foreign policy not only in terms of budgetary policy , when they look after foreign policy . 
the second concerns the aid to offer the victims violations of human rights , which need to treatments in new institutions specialist . 
if a compromise solution able to support the important work of the committee on economic and monetary affairs were to escape during of the time we have , we could still settle this issue ; otherwise the position of our commission remains open . 
it is all we need to remind us of this day after day of very our posts television and to see that the middle east is going through a difficult time . 
that is why i hope that we succeed despite everything , in tomorrow 's voting time , to the majority needed to the observatory in dublin . 
mr president , on behalf of the committee on agriculture and rural development , i should like to make a few remarks and especially to begin , about the development rural . 
we asked the approval of a credit indicative eur 2 million for an information campaign on the cfp . 
the european commission must negotiate with the arguments of weight so reach a reasonable agreement with morocco and the council and the governments concerned must for their part support policy with this negotiation . 
we consider today the 2001 budget , bearing in mind the pictures from the serbian population . 
overall , we should like to see these amendments are adopted . 
however , a way important by which citizens can ensure that their concerns are taken into account is either the call for ombudsman , or sending a petition to parliament . 
i shall begin by referring to the budget of this house . 
the surprise to many members of my delegation , we have established a platform strategic . thus , the 400 amendments tabled by some of my colleagues have been surprise to many of us to the committee on budgets . beginning of september , unanimously , 
indeed , it is hard to imagine how of new posts could solve the problem of management if at the commission and in the council , it is still procedures complex of another age which are used to implement many of the programmes . 
over recent years , this parliament has regularly shown that it relied its work on a thrift real . 
it is deplorable to talk for years , very vague in terms of commitments and of reaffirm them regularly if it is to say , when it comes to prove its auditors , that enough is enough for us and that we now need to be short on our promises . 
if we do tar that a few unfortunate million on these lines , and we cannot not much more - we agiterons a carrot than we must withdraw if these people are given real needs . 
as the budget for last year , the 2001 budget was facing problems almost insoluble : one is the pressures on the consolidation and a policy of rigour , as agreed in the interinstitutional agreement , to ensure the funding of enlargement ; on the other hand , the need clear-cut of finance the stability pact for the balkans . 
demand that best performances also means more staff . 
adopting this amendment , in the original , could have start to change may speak , but a majority of the budgets committee rejected this idea . 
and there , unfortunately , there are many other examples : from the privileged treatment granted to associations are in the prince programme , to try to persuade the citizens of the member states of the merits of the euro when the european currency knows a loss of confidence largely shared by the europeans , for our friends danish until the leaders of the federalist or the many ngos as the role , with the philosophy and operation of the more moreover , financing of european political parties , through to the englouties of the european central bank . 
to conclude , our colleague mr heaton-harris has rightly emphasized in the amendments he has proposed , the one-sided many european programmes through which we serves a whole propaganda the citizen about the european integration and this in its own costs , more well . 
moreover , our administrative systems must be modernised . we must also set a good example . 
the meda programme , devoted to the mediterranean basin , geographical area of the utmost importance strategic are a good example of a lack of implementation capacity . 
when we talk to make reductions or take money to category 4 to give resources to certain priorities , we must not forget what are the priorities of the house . we have revealed this fact clearly during the vote in committee . 
this amount must therefore be discussed to clarify certain matters . 
thank you , mr wynn . 
this means that there are real elements of flexibility to move forward on this or that policy , even when someone cannot not , or refuse , and what is true for the countries of the union also applies to the candidate countries . simply 
i think that austria has yet to complain about what happened , quite the reverse . 
the recommendations regional organisations and the experiences of neighbouring countries may contribute to the definition of these resources . 
in 1984 , 0.2 % of owners colombians had 32 % of the earth . 
the council is not here to comment on this or that aspect of this question which is extremely delicate and painful . 
at the same time , nor can you engage as a debate on issues which are , once again , extremely unclear . 
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therefore , i will not attempt well to give a final answer to this difficult issue . 
simply , we have the feeling , and your reply bears witness to this a little , that the presidency of the council is not very proactive in curing this question . 
therefore , earnings from this tax do will obviously be not nil . 
i too the afraid , but you will apply the rules of procedure . 
if the side law of the chamber is kept silent , this is therefore that we have dealt of these issues previously and we believe it is pointless to return dwell on the same subjects in this chamber while our time is valuable . several times 
furthermore , pending the adoption of this directive on prevention of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies , a decision of withdrawal of material hazardous in view of these diseases has been taken in june 2000 , in order to eliminate any progress news of the epidemic and to make the consumer the level of health protection as large as possible . 
i have not other elements that those which i have been able inform you earlier . 
we follow and we know well the work of the commission and the council on the erika package 1 . however , with regard to this passage , which are known of the two countries in the european union , which is a particularly difficult , borrowed by major win a few hours , with the risk of old tankers stray lead to disaster concerned , i would like to know , and especially the inhabitants of corsican of sardaigne would have liked to know , will it be possible and if you are considering to ban purely and simply the crossing of mouths of bonifacio by these major ships , these major containers . transition vessels for only that come and known and 
that is why i believe we must in principle , support the commission 's proposals for the review of the policy in terms of staff . 
we must inject fresh funds in the budget for kosovo and serbia . 
i hope , mr president , and i shall end with this , that we is definitely scrapping the lines of the budget of eur 50 million to finance the peace agreement israel / plo . 
that is why we will be proposing in the european parliament of new measures which will serve to seek new funding - and we know that the current economic climate does not allow it to consolidate of new commitments interinstitutional which will improve the quality of expenditure , and ensure that no euro is squandered . least - that 
consider that in politics european , as in any other field , the options moderate stop sometimes to be majority . 
it is designed to overshadow rather than for guidance , and i have been disappointed with the attitude adopted today towards activity-based budgeting . 
the fact of ventiler expenditure according to the activities allows to consider the budget as a political tool in which the breakdown of expenditure reflection of political priorities precise . 
we must find a solution multiannual to avoid , year after year , reviewed every time how we might find money in favour of the reconstruction of the balkans . 
those interested development of an agricultural industry sustainable will know , the dynamic central with the recent reform , as it was agreed in berlin , ' moves ' constantly of aid to raw materials in direct support the income of farmers . 
a budget , ladies and gentlemen , is always much more than a simple danced of figures . 
finally , it is immoral , mr president , to reduce expenditure for the agricultural policy and for the meda programme , for the excluded social , to finding of resources to fund the european union 's obligations in kosovo and in yugoslavia . 
clearly it must be avoided the serbian population do suffers from the cold and hunger during last winter . 
furthermore , i would like to express my concern that the various youth parliaments integrated into the socrates programme . 
of course , it must also be clear the council that it bears a part of the responsibility inadequacy of some external programmes . 
we now need to a stable solution on this aid , especially when it comes to their long-term planning for the western balkans . 
i believe that most people would be prepared to accept such costs , provided that the money is used efficiently . 
i share the concerns and arguments that the rapporteur , mrs rühle , has raised this evening in research and the social aid . 
two weeks ago , was held the joint parliamentary assembly acp . 
at the same time we want to budgetary amounts to are invested in the fund for research and information , towards alternatives production for the tobacco growers current . 
i want to make it clear clearly that the european union had the most direct influence and most positive as can be imagined on northern ireland , . 
in this model , respect for norms and procedures is covered by a independent authority and , in the final analysis of the judges . 
we will have so , for the first time a codecision at first reading on a text extremely complex and riddled with technical difficulties , on a particularly sensitive sector for the protection of civil liberties . 
it is totally positive that no one has not convened in a single authority their respective duties . 
do we know , for example , that the schengen system has been more than ten million sheets and a half million citizens , whether europol sees its powers constantly information from the 15 member states , and this , as the sole control of a authority which neither the competence nor the means do are available to it to enable it to achieve really another task . extended , in involves centralisation several services of police on almost a 
having said , i must take of the commissioner 's presence to say think it would not only on the protection of citizens with regard to the new technologies , but also on the use of these technologies to promote the capacity of the european citizen to intervene and to interact towards the european institutions . appropriate care 
the amendments numérotés 1 , 2 , 4 to 10 , 12 to 40 , 42 to 54 , 57 , 58 and 60 to 64 could regain it text of the council for the items at which the commission can agree . 
it goes without saying , therefore , that its opinion on the legislative proposals involving the protection of personal data will be very valuable in the extent that it will form an important contribution to the debate legislative between the institutions . 
the treaty acknowledges the outermost regions an economic situation and social difficult , aggravated by disabilities particular which the permanence and the combination deal a very severe prejudicing the development in these regions . 
and it will contribute to the promotion of economic and social progress thanks to a high level of employment . 
i therefore congratulate mrs sudre and we look forward to the methods of application of the proposals of the committee so that it is taken up soon table specialities , pursuant to rule 299 ( 2 ) of the amsterdam treaty . 
to many people in europe , some outermost regions are only the tourist destinations on the map . 
our rate of unemployment are among the highest of the union . 
i am pleased that the commission has adopted with a large majority the amendments i tabled . 
it is very important , my opinion that the outermost regions be integrated into the trans-european networks of transport , energy and telecommunications . 
the adoption unanimously of the members of the committee on regional policy , of the report presented by the colleague margie sudre is a demonstration of the fidelity of the european parliament towards one of its commitments the most important . 
we cannot debating a series of situation and imagine from the point ideal and idyllique - let us call it that - has been achieved , it will no longer necessary to adopt other measures in dealing with these three areas , especially the outermost regions issues at stake . 
this article , ladies and gentlemen means we must certainly not to do everything , but we strengthens and , i believe this is necessary , be to increase and improve our action . 
for the preparation of the proposals which are necessary obviously , the commission works with the member states and the regions concerned . 
in these areas , we know , there is lasting difficulties and i therefore believe , objectively , according to their real level of development , that they will need lasting the support of regional policy and from special measures . 
a meeting of this kind could once again be organised in the course of the year 2001 , when we will be more advanced in the implementation of the programme presented in march . 
the presidency has stated that it is closed and i accept it perfectly . 
i believe that parliament is right to stick to the rules current because , as another speaker said , very often , indeed , this is not the machines which have not acted , but members which have forgotten to vote , and if we could correcting one vote subsequently , we do would end up ever . 
i am clearly what i have been eating . 
in short , mr commissioner , in more of the authority , we must that the commission services competent together and in coordination with member states , establishes system of controls homogenous and effective in the whole food chain and that the network of food laboratories of the union is strengthened and works in coordination with the commission . 
here we must avoid any duplication in terms of activities and scientific research which means a cooperation with the research centres national and community . 
today , we are discussing on a white paper and we have an interest in find some main principles . 
now , these procedures have been amended and changed and we have our own national agency for food safety , the food standards agency . 
finally , we will also support a number of new amendments , in particular amendments nos 11-13 , 7-9 and we want a vote in all conscience on amendment no 14 . 
in this context , i would like to say at once that food safety completely relies on the organisation by the authorities in stringent controls - monitoring , and that is more rigorously than the weakest link . 
it is clear from an examination of this question is how superficial and empty the debate we are having on the political unification of europe . 
are transferring therefore on the european food safety authority the only experience scientific , in liaison with our national agencies . 
whether it is the summary of the increase in main diseases of origin food that affect europe at present , most did in reality their first appearance in america . 
it is nonetheless imperative of defining the conditions of referral to the food safety authority in order to ensure effective action and quickly . 
we should also emphasise as do other speakers , in particular mr whitehead and mrs gebhardt , that the white paper is much more than a new regulatory framework within the european union . 
mr president , i feel today both a satisfaction and of the recognition , on the one hand to the respect of the committee who have started this work for greater food safety , and on the other hand towards mr bowis and the entire committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy . 
amendment no 17 seems to me particularly important . it lays down that it request council to consumer organisations . 
another aspect is the review organic standards on labelling , both for the sale broadly speaking that the detail , a review which gives finally , thanks to the traceability of products and of their ingredients accurate information consumers and allows the establishment of responsibility possible in the event of risk or crisis . 
in my opinion , the drafting of a new legislation is not a good response to the non-observance of existing legislation . 
at the vote in committee on the environment , we managed to strike a certain balance in putting in the scope matters relating to the nutrition and other essential references to the role of smes in the safeguard of eating habits . 
mr president , i would like to join my colleagues and congratulate the rapporteur , mr bowis , for his very constructive approach and very logic of this specific problem . 
mr president , the fact that the white paper on food safety has no legal value does not damage the dual value it is of certainly . 
the rapporteur , along with many of meps on the committee , including myself , have emphasized the food authority , in fact it is somewhat regrettable . 
the independence and autonomy of the body are the assets which are used for better the interest of european consumers . 
i said many time , during all this time , that we had been lucky with the rapporteur 's choice . 
mr president , i would like to congratulate our colleague mr bowis for being really tried to integrate all view in his report , particularly for having agreed that we référions also to the concept the more general one of food . 
brief , mr president , politics must not escape its responsibilities . 
above all , however , we must win the respecting its peers and public confidence and persuade the governments of member states to accept its conclusions . 
that is how i see a future european food safety authority . 
there is the world health organisation in geneva . 
i cannot hide either , that to the white paper , i voted against the creation of such an authority . 
it must therefore make sure that the european union has the highest possible food safety , but this concept - shared unanimously - must also look at the economic consequences this entails for the sectors concerned by a requirement of production . standards 
the tasks of the agency will then be the following : research independent scientific consultation , inspections and controls independent , as well as a rapid alert system , but certainly also a coordinating role to restore confidence . 
incidentally , i would say to the speakers who have referred to the question of the need to be sensitive to the promotion of products local or traditional that this issue is covered by legislation with regard to hygiene . 
this climate consensual will facilitate the mission of the commission when the time comes to submit a balanced proposal which takes the fullest possible account opinions exposed by parliament and by the many stakeholders ' the area of food safety . 
in fact , the issue has been in recent years the of the driving forces which led , from the political point of view , at the signing of the ottawa convention . 
i recall my opposition amendments nos 10 and 19 for worries of coherence budgetary and , as regards in amendment 29 , i call on you to vote in blocks in order to have a improved wording the text which seems to i think problems of interpretation 
that raises a first question . the european union and especially the commission must do everything possible to the countries which have still not done so sign the ottawa convention . 
- ( de ) mr president , ladies and gentlemen , we all know the impact of mines , although they are often in special cases of the justifications military important . 
it is he who has raised for the first time , in 1996 , the question of a budget line horizontal and creating a proper legal basis to provide a platform single to all the many actions undertaken in this important area . 
but i cannot hide the fact that 's power of persuasion of the union to achieve this objective is opposed somewhat behind the reluctance of some member states which fail to sign and ratify the convention . 
mine action is becoming ever more effective when it is adjust to the own situation in each situation . 
parliament knows that there are already far too many , and that , thanks to our reform proposals of community aid external , we hope choice but to the cumbersome the control of individual projects and concentrate our debates with member states on strategies and programmes global . 
ngos have mushroomed to meet the needs and . unfortunately , it has to note that around four years after the first un conference on landmines held in geneva and more than a year after the entry into force of the ottawa convention , many countries and thousands of people in the world , the more often in the poorest regions , continue to suffer the terrible consequences of anti-personnel landmines and the unexploded ordnance . 
the commission must improves both the quality of its programmes and the speed of their implementation . 
however , i believe , if you the parcourez once again very carefully , and you will see that there are a number of amendments which , in my opinion , relate to awareness campaigns , on transparency , on access reserved for ngos , to things which work very well at this moment but that might still operating more effectively . you made 
mrs bonino and mr patten have also correct to say that parliament and the council should not deal with the administrative questions , and i have listened very carefully to the points made by mr patten on this point , because it considers clearly only we should come least to concern ourselves with that . 
mr president , a long time ago that our group occurs actively on the whole range of applications and of necessary steps , since the adjournment of the production , the destruction of stocks , the judgment of the marketing , until the clearance of mines the rehabilitation of victims and awareness . 
the states then to support a process in international forums . 
mines naturally represent a major obstacle to the reconstruction of these countries and the return of refugees . 
with the rate at which we shall , as has already been said , we surely needs more than 100 years to rid the world landmines . 
the third sector is the concrete measures to propose , to monitor and implementation . 
for every child that we are protecting in bosnia , in africa and elsewhere of the death or of horrendous injuries resulting from mines , the efforts that we are providing all are justified . 
must really be pressure on the countries of the european union which have not signed , such as finland , or who have not ratified , such as greece . 
ladies and gentlemen , look at finland ! 
finally , we hope that future tasks of the military force common european prévoiront training of technicians , especially on people who have an interest local in the disappearance of mines . 
we do not emphasise either that the list of countries most dramatically affected is mainly composed of developing countries . 
the european parliament 's proposals cannot be more in contradiction with the lisbon objectives . 
the rapporteur , mrs van lancker , wants parliament decided to the reform of the commission proposal , mainly by adding some areas where legislation is acceptable , and on the other hand , by defining a number of rights at european level . 
that is how the luxembourg process , which applies to the employment policy , should be extended to social protection and social exclusion . 
the greatest powers as germany , france , great britain and , to some extent , italy , are all of agreement for submitting to their domination small eastern european countries or the south applying for accession to the eu to the european union . 
nonetheless , we believe for legal reasons that it is a mistake to refer as of now to article 6 of the treaty establishing the european community , because it could not be formally adopted within the convention - because of its structure - and therefore has not of existence legal . 
he thinks the inclusion of a new text into the treaties could lead to confusion legal . 
moreover , the rapporteur echoes of the new theory currently popular in brussels , the supposed double legitimacy of the european union : that of citizens represented by the european parliament and that of the individual states represented by the council . 
the social democrats swedish and danish have today voted against the report by mr olivier duhamel on the constitutionalising the treaties . 
it is essential that the european union is developing into a constitution which incorporates the charter of fundamental rights . 
a constitution would only make sense if it was the democratic framework of a real european federation , of united states of europe . 
we has said that he has imagine , in agreement with much of politicians , we would rather govern our relations with other country by an international treaty . 
. ( en ) i welcome the report by mr duhamel as a contribution interesting and constructive to the idea of the constitutionalising the treaties . 
they think that a restructuring and simplified of the treaties would enable the citizens a better grasp of the scope of responsibilities of the eu , its limits , and the procedures of the charter of rights has been prepared on the basis of a convention involving the national parliaments , the european parliament and government representatives . exercise of the responsibilities in question . 
until treaty of amsterdam in 1997 , europe was a super trade union intergovernmental . 
the edd group voted against the report gil-robles gil-delgado on strengthened cooperation . 
it demonstrates indeed the vision of a union far too monolithic , where all the cooperation should speak within the single institutional framework ' , and where it should all be directed into objective a super-state . ' 
should therefore not of slowing down the evolution of the whole and therefore enable certain member states to move forward in developing the mechanism of closer cooperation . 
operational structures of the single market have always been a success since the beginning of the 1990s . 
. ( nl ) cooperation at european level can be useful to resolve the cross-border problems . 
these areas could be a tremendous laboratory for sustainable development . 
the technocrats , european judges , wanted that remove the granting of seas ' which feeds in our common resources of the french overseas departments and especially protects our craftsmen . ' 
however , france has certain overseas territories in the indian ocean and in the caribbean . 
its independence will be an indispensable element to its credibility . 
our vote has therefore clarified the role and the composition of the future authority european but also clarified our demands regarding funding and its independence . 
secondly , the european agency to be completely independent . 
account must be taken of the type of agricultural practices and agro-industrial , problems imports of food , in the composition of the ingredients of animal feedingstuffs of maximum levels of dioxins and pesticide residues , of components food and other , by giving priority to food safety . goods 
we have voted for amendment no 15 because we are very strongly attached to the defence of europe 's cultural heritage linked to local food production . 
we do not have room in almost no category . 
we would also like to include 50 % on budget line and put 50 % in reserve . 
i note here that other proposals are designed to reduce this budget . 
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madam president , i appear as signatory of certain amendments to this report . 
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the real surprise of this budget concerns external actions where dominates selfishness and small-mindedness . 
other resources could be provided through the flexibility instrument . 
i voted against the haug report in the same way as i voted for my group 's proposal for the rejection of the general budget for 2001 . 
we refer in particular of the new pilot project who will finance information campaigns in the fight against paedophilia . 
this shows in some ways the little of motivation about the european project , even among the citizens politically active . 
20 to 30 % of markets will therefore again offered to competition private . 
given that all this is not guaranteed in the tabled report i voted against the report . 
if we combines the low limits , which décime premiums , with the proposed cuts of quantities of 5 % for the 8.5 % for the apples and pears and 10 % for the rest of the fruit and vegetables in the volume intended for the market - we understand that , for large quantities of processed products based on fruit and vegetables , there will be no outlet for distribution . this would have the fall in prices , the putréfaction products in the fields and in installations of conditioning cooperatives , thereby forcing farmers to déterrer what they have cultivated . withdrawal - citrus fruit , the overall result as unacceptable national 
i voted for this report as it meets the expectations of the organisations of the sector , who maintain a change draconian of the com in fruit and horticultural products regarded deeply damaging for national interests . portuguese horticulture 
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this problem is also rooted in the sacrifice of all and all , even of environmental quality and climate , on the altar of capitalist exploitation resources and profit disproportionate . 
the rich countries had decided in kyoto to take charge of cleaning up their own atmosphere , even if it was also like , within limits strict enough , to include on their own list of the results emission cuts they are helping to obtain their elsewhere . 
the fight against the greenhouse effect is a major issue for the industrialised countries , a duty particularly against the people of the third world which already pay the consequences of their lives global warming . . 
the way to succeed consists in making live with that in an intelligent way . 
we must also ensure and strengthen the effort oriented towards the detection of substances suspect may beings of endocrine disrupters , perhaps in a legislative framework . 
the consumer and small and medium-sized enterprises only benefits not yet sufficient the internal market , which the introduction of the euro devote the completion . 
moreover , these countries have so far obliged the banks to communicate cross-border transfers of more than 12 eur 500 to their central bank the purpose of statistics in the balance of payments . 
these companies will of course have meet requirements identical in respect of security and laundering . 
we have even hearing of cases in which the transaction costs for payments cross-border have increased after the introduction of the euro , and this in proportions considerable . 
the european central bank could contribute by imposing a formula of transfer standardised for payments at european level and also in supporting the introduction of a single standard to the numbering of financial accounts in the international system iban . 
it is essential that consumers acceptance of the euro . 
madam president , the report of mrs peijs , on 's payments detail in the internal market , addresses the old demand by the european parliament on the high cost of cross-border payments within the union . 
the peijs report the himself says in recital of of the draft resolution . i quote : " the costs related to cross-border payments damage the consumer confidence in the euro ' . high 
we have therefore still much to do here , but on this issue , resources and means by the policies are more limited than we can do on this question of payments in detail in the internal market . 
the market of the euro is experienced as a internal area and the citizens do not understand why , in this area , where the risks involved in exchange are spoilt ballots and where electronic payments , especially the bank transactions via the internet , are increasingly current levels , a transfer between munich and salzburg costs much more that a transfer between munich and kiel . 
achieving this objective is going to need more to you - and to us - , many years of work . 
we will use also the opportunity to grasp the shorter time implementing of cross-border payments that the report by mrs peijs entreat . 
the debate is closed . 
it certainly appears to a good policy to favour a pragmatic approach , which places entrepreneurship at the heart of the mechanism , rather than a proposal which , under the guise of avoid the scattering of resources , would serve only to produce limit statistics which the use concrete and closeness to would be perfectly impossible . 
specifically , i have three comments to make on this programme . 
remember that the first community action programme in this field , was adopted in 1983 , i.e. there is 17 years . 
furthermore , i have always sought to achieve these objectives via an effective policy and pragmatic . 
i would say that this are genuine economic commandos were to blame and innovation , situated at first line and very vulnerable to risks inherent in this area . 
we will have to take account the results of the work the symposium ' science and governance ' held , last week , in brussels , under the aegis of the centre 's technological seville , and of the progress made on this meeting , because there are many interfering with the subject we are debating today . vision 
the rapporteur details , a number of priorities aimed at strengthening european entrepreneurship . 
that is excellent for the image of europe because we can help the people of prompt , properly and responsible . 
mr president , i wish to too join in the thanks for the excellent work done by mrs montfort . 
the important thing is the right balance , to prevent some do fail continually at the expense of others . 
this is not fair and i support this report ! 
that is the guiding principle of the charter for small firms . 
the programme will ensure that the networks deliver that information . 
it is clear that the main purpose of this plan is to put a stop emigration towards the countries of the european union and to repatriate of persons living illegally in the union . 
i emphasise , in particular , the need of establishing measures for the improvement of the internal security , strengthening dialogue between the europeans and the regional authorities to albania and , as regards the commission and the council , the promotion of particular actions in cooperation with the albanian authorities italian and greek . 
the absence of reports social , economic and political , combined with lack of security and to organised crime coming out of flows emigration mass . 
mr president , unlike my colleague pack , my opinion is that more there will be groups which is will hold of albania , the better . 
this it is of course impossible to find a solution to the problem in its entirety , but in the slightly longer term , the aim is to create a world of equity and reason , which offers the men safety and the possibilities of future . immediately 
there is also a gap between , on the one hand , the donors , that is , all of us , europe the usa , which donate money to them , which are creating projects and , secondly , the people who work on the ground . 
therefore the bilateral agreements , which in a way legal proceedings , the duration of residence , the locations , remuneration , the hours , working conditions and social security so that the emigrants and become a force that will value the economies of our countries and contribute to friendship and cooperation between peoples and not to the culture of aspirations nationalists and worthy of the cold war . use and clear , définiront 
of men and women have sent back when they were more or less integrated . 
priority must not be given to the means of limit flows of migrants or of refugees , but to how to improve the living conditions of the region in such a way that people is not passed on leave their houses . 
mr president , i too believe , as said so well that there is at the centre of what constitutes the difficulties of albania - economic , social and internal safety - question to help this country to restore his state of law , to confer safety to its citizens , to restore the authority of its institutions and its local administrations . mrs dimitrakopoulos 
i share the opinion of our colleague mr liese , that we need a burden sharing from the policy on asylum and refugee policy . 
the action plan for albania was adopted in june this year and it is therefore the sixth of its kind . 
there is , in the people , and a frustration diffuse , but also a ignorance of community law . we want invite the parliament and national other community institutions not to shrink from small work painful , to work with precision , to devote time and the staff necessary for the performance of the tasks . 
with this report , we want to show the citizens that we are taking seriously their complaints relating to the poor quality of legislation and those on the regionalisation and with the centralization excessive . 
the issue addressed is of course important , even if the limited number of people present for in the leaves discuss certainly do not necessarily assume at first sight . 
in addition , and this is a essential point , the report tackles the question of subsidiarity , which , this evening , raises the controversy in this chamber . 
it would also certainly be worth that this is a state of the legislation , in light of this principle order to make it simpler , more transparent , more efficient and more relevant in the débarrassant texts redundant , as the call on them paragraph 6 of this report . 
after studying the report very closely , i have come to the conclusion that this is not even of a political principle but on a principle theology . 
we must therefore guarantee the recognition of the principle of subsidiarity to the most small communities , the realities of training intermediaries , social , to the families and their citizens who are the only real sovereign of the community 's legislative action and administrative . autonomous of training 
i shall therefore give you a vision 's summary the situation . 
i give the floor to the commissioner . 
is it an area where we should move towards an exhaustive regulation , with the guarantee that it will be implemented everywhere or should we move towards a voluntary agreement , provided that he can be implemented and controlled ? 
- ( de ) if i voted for the report , although some of my amendments were not adopted , that is because it deals also on the question of high costs of exchange and transfer of in the euro area . 
when , in about 15 months and the same coins and notes will be introduced in eleven member states , it will cost more to obtain this new currency unit outside the country which one lives . 
mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i will start by saying that i regret that the fisheries commissioner , mr fischler , cannot be with us today . 
this must encourage cooperation in fisheries and the moroccan fisheries sector , and at the same time satisfy fully the fishing interests of european fleets . 
we are therefore managed to reach consensus for work in the context of a responsible partnership , after which morocco will present his point of view at a meeting , as you emphasised , in brussels on 30 october , which means monday . 
a few weeks ago , i myself visited algeciras , on the south coast spanish . this is not far away of morocco . 
over time , we have seen that they were not only difficult but also that they could become impossible . 
through the fisheries agreements , the european union can bring to bear of fishing activities and exchanging prerogatives fishing with third countries . 
i read in a journal technical swedish on fisheries how a land its grip in el aaiún , which is described as a port moroccan . of these vessels 
all this is being put to the test . it is the entire our fisheries agreements and not simply with morocco since there has also mauritania and soon guinea , amongst others , - who are called into question . 
it took eleven months to get to the point of turning where we are now , namely the meeting on 30 and in that respect , we also know appreciate the latest measures taken by commissioner fischler , the results of his trip of 26 morocco and the meetings held in a high level , including with the king itself . 
but i would like to convey to the commission today fittingly represented by commissioner busquin , messages , very brief . 
my question to the commission is : if we fail to provide a agreement with morocco , or if this agreement is concluded in the terms reported by the commission , an agreement stimulates production moroccan , does the commission intend adopt structural measures to compensate for the delay which will happen in the regions affected ? 
as foreseen , the difficulties of negotiation with the moroccan authorities have been great . 
finally , in case , regrettable , that the negotiations should fail , the union has the moral and political obligation to support the fishermen and the owners with support satisfactory and able to assure them money to buy food . 
we must reduce overcapacity of the fishing industry community . 
that is why we need as soon as possible close economic and political relations with morocco , at the same time , whilst also protecting the interests of our european fishermen . 
that is why the commission is working on the basis of a new partnership for a development interest to the two parties with , firstly , the development of the fisheries sector of morocco , the fleet , aquaculture , processing trade , research and , secondly , the granting of fishing opportunities to eu fishermen . full 
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the difference is straightforward , and not just german-language . 
in july 1999 , the commission has brought this infringement proceedings before the court of justice . 
therefore , unless we too does to harmonize systems - what we hope - at the moment , respect for the subsidiarity principle cannot allow we should make regarded as a discrimination which , much more probably , 's call for a privilege . 
we can probably accept that the committee previous , that of mr santer , was not the best , that is why it has gone . 
the members of the committee on legal affairs and the internal market of the whole union and of all the parties , have met to proclaiming the unwieldy to talk about rights and to recommend the adoption of charters of rights if , in situations where a very real of individuals are deprived of their rights , we do doing nothing to for rights to be recognised and adhered to . that is the problem in this case . 
this attitude is totally unacceptable in a modern europe . 
the field of education is certainly , a of subsidiarity , but within the treaties , the free movement of workers and the ban on discrimination are appropriate in all , although we - and particularly me , as i come from a state very fédératif - we déclarions followers of the principle of subsidiarity as the principle of order of cooperation within the european union and that we undertake so that the allocation of competences between levels in europe are classified as soon as possible accordance with the subsidiarity principle . we 
in this context , we can no longer speak of discrimination . 
you , mr president , would you do treat by someone who knows the terms surgical in italian , english , french , german , or by a surgeon ? 
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we their express our deepest sympathy . 
i give the floor to mr ceyhun , who will speak as rapporteur and on behalf of the socialist group . 
concerning the declarations by the council and the commission on the third asiaeurope meeting , the council has informed us that it does not wish to speak at the moment . 
this is therefore a question of the treaties and of the euratom treaty , is within the competence of the commission , but is indeed , or can apply , many citizens who are not exclusively spanish because there are in this region and in his region , without there being any contingency plans , hundreds of thousands of european citizens from the fifteen countries of the union , not to mention the many people who live outside to take advantage of the costa del which , according ground . 
madam president , it is a sad , although very revealing , to hear the interior minister of spanish , mr mayor oreja , say that there is no point to have dialogue with basque nationalists and this , even if a new cease-fire is being said in the future . 
let me ask that we look at this week a statement by the commission on the british government 's decision to introduce a tax discriminatory for road haulage contractors not british . 
since the parties , as we do liberals and even european are increasingly oriented towards ally itself with forces from of inspiration xenophobic , racist and authoritarian , i believe that not only is it one serious hazard to italy but also a signal of something which concerns the entire europe . 
my report contains however serious criticism of the french proposal . 
these applications are expressed in nos 2 and 4 by the karamanou report . 
the initiative of the french presidency that we are considering today is to aim to improve the two conventions general mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters - which i have mentioned earlier - particularly in the area of the fight against money laundering . 
i must admit that if the draft the fight against money laundering has suffered a damaging , 's response upon not parliament , but is about the council . 
we can only congratulate them of this work . 
of course , the way , as stated mr marinho , i can agree - is communitisation . 
all those who have spoken have agreed that there was an excellent initiative , and we support its content . 
what we need is europol to operate throughout cross-border . 
these are facts that are too often in our europe of today and , before i give my support to the mutual recognition premature , i should like to see a mutual recognition of standards fair . 
i accept that this will be difficult because we must build from instruments fragmented . 
but it is also a necessity for intensify the economic aspects what does the european union and this is the wish of the citizen and that must be taken into account because the people of the european union have right to security . 
in the european union , we must fight tenaciously against money laundering , in conscious that we need a political cooperation and effective judicial between the member states , as effective as possible , particularly since the creation of the single market and liberalisation of the capital markets and financial services . 
the council financial , there is nothing to think that the lawyer not exercising his profession as such . 
similarly , i wish to say that i am aware of the delicate of the question put by different members on the conditions in which the confidentiality of legal professions may be a refusal founded judicial cooperation to fight against money laundering . 
this is particularly true with regard to serious crimes and the most serious committed on the cross-border . 
as a whole , the mission is so widespread and important it cannot be performed by the council alone . 
it follows that it is necessary to strengthen the citizens ' rights in adopting an effective instrument and to recognize the competence of the court of justice , particularly in relation to its right to the interpretation and to its power to regulate or not . 
therefore , although i am sympathetic to the strengthening of cooperation and coordination , i think that bring this to a system legislative would be wrong , and we are opposerions . 
the second point i want to address is also interesting . 
this is a , positive initiative and so it is most welcome that it obtain a such support in this house . 
i will take this opportunity - as several members raised some very difficult questions - to tell you quite frankly , as has just said mr coelho , that this initiative seems to us , above all , is a first initiative which demonstrates the political will of the council to recover the delay which exists on judicial cooperation , compared with police cooperation . 
and that is why i see also an important instrument for guarantee judicial control of europol . 
the programme fair on the research activities in the field of agriculture and fisheries included in the fourth framework programme which has taken by from 1994 to 1998 . 
given the importance of the research programme for agriculture and fisheries , it is regrettable that there has raised certain problems in the organisation of the programme . 
the court of auditors ' report on the programme fair , the cause of the rapporteur 's report , did been published only in march of this year even if the letters of sector on the audit initially been sent by the commission in december 1998 and february 1999 . 
i should like , on behalf of the committee on fisheries , highlight certain points . 
you have stated , and i thank you , the spirit that has presided over this report , by dialogue with the court of auditors , the commission services and the interest you yourself generated . 
this illustrates that the commission is not remained inactivates and that it is responding to the remarks that you made . 
now to the question that mrs morgan asked concerning the recovery of the money . 
thank you , commissioner . 
this cost will be issued to an association is basta ya is at the part-session in december . 
i strongly believe that it also means , even if some heads of state and government do not want admitting this , the opening of the constitutional process so often and if obstinément requested by this parliament . 
i am particularly pleased to be before you today to discuss it in-depth of this beautiful project that is the charter of fundamental rights of the european union , before you were adopting the final position of your house on this text . 
i did , for my part , no question that this occasion . 
however , a few criticisms have been voiced on the substance of the charter . 
i believe this to be taking a position big and that i welcome . 
it was a great success for