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 us in parliament - and the groups have fact front on this point , which is a positive outcome - to have received in sixteen members represent the european parliament within the convention . 
i believe that this charter is a big picture and that it can become , as the titrait one major european newspaper on 26 september the visiting card of europe . 
therefore my group still think that it is absolutely fundamental to include a reference to the charter in article 6 ( 2 ) of the treaty . 
many had those who pensèrent that europe owned finally the possibility of breaking the single free trade zone and of the rut liberal to lay the foundation of a citizens ' europe . 
at the european summit in nice in december , civil society has decided to take action to make its voice heard and proclaimed its desire of a charter offering real guarantees given to the citizens of europe . 
to this end , beyond the signatures , it is essential that all countries and all political forces take an effective use and the with all the days . the charter is not , cannot be amended . 
then weep or are doing semblance of be happy , celebrate this great event because this is still a very great event empty . 
the convention has done an excellent job . 
this is both people 's rights , the rights of the citizen , but also social rights . 
the right to good administration , what has also mentioned mrs malmström constitutes one of the progress the most significant . 
to what extent mr blair will grant its meute freedom to speak on this project brilliant , i do not know , and because i have not already heard . 
the last time , you spoke the glass is half full or half empty . 
but the council of cologne , aided by the house , who has played its role as semeur of confusion , has ended up forget to everyone that this is a responsibility of the national parliaments , that these latter are taking place , stealing by shifts progressive . that well 
when it comes to protection of fundamental rights , a surplus may be just as dangerous that a lack ! 
when we mean the speeches made by some members , we realise that this information is needed more than ever . 
the big question divides us is : what is the point of the european charter . 
certainly we will vote in favour of the charter , but with the feeling that that will not to mobilise the enthusiasm and the involvement of citizens with the respect of europe is . as usual , the governments - and some more than others - in will assume responsibility historic . necessary both 
according to the co-rapporteur mr duff , it is a step crucial towards raising the quality of european integration . 
for those who feel the need , i commend to read the explanations contained in the convention 49 , and to hear the law of the two courts which are linked to the charter . 
mr president , i have long been doubts . 
for the first time since the creation of the european union is , we have the foundations for a constitution , a constitution for the supranational structure that is the union . 
the demonstration is an appeal to a social and democratic europe , a europe of citizens . 
the draft charter can be used , to sometimes temporarily , by the parties , unions , the environmental organisations , churches and many others groupings of the member states of the union and the candidate countries as a interesting discussion paper on the future of cooperation between the european peoples . 
i would like to focus on three points already raised this morning . 
the charter which will be adopted today will strengthen and will highlight the values and fundamental rights common on which our community must be based . 
i join , indeed , to those and anyone who wants include in article 6 a reference to the charter and its integration later in the treaties . 
let us remember the case of bernard connolly , whose paper critical on the commission was banned by the court of first instance . 
this synthesis is important , at a time when the union is called upon to define the legal status , in terms of rights and obligations nationals of third countries that are legally in the european union . 
i am for my part , exactly like him , convinced , first , that will have effects unique immediate and , secondly , that it is to be binding shortly . 
i have heard , during this debate , a few formulae potent : the charter will be a bone for the dog - the dog being the european parliament - or was the cache-sexe renunciations of a french presidency moribonde , especially in its conduct of the igc . 
that is the reason that led our parliament to propose the setting up of a forum euro-turc , involving in a thorough reflection the representatives of the turkish community and we meps who are given the mandate . received qualified 
unanimity does not mean we are all grateful for democracy in turkey and of how turkey meets human rights : we are not . 
against that background , i know of course that the candidature turkey continues to give cause questions . 
the wish of the presidency is that this project be adopted quickly , if possible in fact from the 20 november , in the next general affairs council and as i have already stated , in respect very specific decisions taken in helsinki . 
it is nonetheless - the commission has very clearly stated in its progress report - that turkey must , as all the other candidate countries , meet the copenhagen criteria within the framework of the convergence process . 
in his speech of last month before the turkish parliament president sezer has explained very clearly why turkey did not have any alternative to the commitment of reforms . 
thank you for your attention . 
here too there were some signals slightly positive . 
we résisterons to attempts , sometimes misleading , disturb the balance that the report has been achieved in , and we résisterons especially to those amendments which seek to turning the european parliament into a war crimes tribunal to try the past . 
that is obvious clear , as it is clear that turkey should , as in any civilised society , accustom themselves to the idea to confront its past , also horrific that it has been . 
turkey 's accession on such a basis - and not because of considerations geostrategic the us or of nato - would be a enrichment for the european union and a significant step towards unification of europe . 
oublie-t-on that only a small part of turkey 's territory is actually part of the european continent ? 
we will therefore be voting against this report , as we voted against all the reports aimed at integrating turkey into the european union . 
the greatest would be a pity arousing in turkey expectations which cannot be met because of the political situation . 
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i welcome this report and i will vote for it . 
instead of drawing certain human rights and social rights upwards , it will facilitate operations designed to draw the downwards . 
it is not a shadow of a doubt that its ultimate aim is to serve as a preamble to a future european constitution which , in turn , will be the crowning achievement of the evolution of the eu to the federalisation where , from now on , the decisions will be taken by a few powerful to be applied to all . the main aim is to serve the interests of capital monopolies of the european union to the detriment of the interests of workers and , more generally , the peoples . institutionalised 
a classic case is presented by article 2-2 ' no one can be sentenced to death , nor executed ' . 
anywhere it does not mention , despite our requests , that the family is formed of a man and of a woman who order of the children and that this is the fundamental unit of society . 
to the extent where judges have not been elected , this is a backwards step in terms of democratic government . 
of course , i would have the desired directly integrated in our european treaties ! 
however , i have abstained in the final vote because i think that certain social rights are formulated in a way least frank that economic rights . 
the original idea of the convention was to have a text consensual which allowed the fifteen governments of make it binding by its incorporation into the treaties . 
in reality , the fight against social exclusion is reléguée as one of assistance , instead of ask the requirement of fundamental rights binding for employers and states . 
for my part , i am convinced that secularism is of value émancipatrice and topical . 
lack also the social obligation linked to ownership . 
it is clear that this document is not designed to be legally binding , given that it is not a legal text . 
some members of the government irish have raised , there are few , issues with regard to whether the identity irish and mr ahern , while saying that membership for ireland of the eu was fundamental to prosperity and our economic success is firmly opposed to any movement quickly towards a europe more federal - centralised - , as that would have considerably beyond what most europeans wish or are ready to accept at the moment . brussels threatened , if 
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i stress in passing that during this part-session , seven reports in total originating in national initiatives proving that this system , wherever it exists , has finally very productive . 
these measures pro-active are entirely necessary to combat this phenomenon , which has continued to develop and is internationaliser . 
through this initiative , the french presidency proposes the adoption of a framework decision for the approximation of laws and procedures in criminal matters on money laundering ( for example , screening , freezing and confiscation of funds ) . 
all the member states should deal with money laundering as a crime passible with a minimum of four years of imprisonment . 
since money laundering is immense at world level , europol clearly should be receiving powers to combat terrorism , in order to draw up a european strategy for police and judicial cooperation . 
i welcome the report by mrs roure on a new initiative of the french presidency , in order , this time , improved legal cooperation , to ensure that no limit does not mean the extradition of criminals suspected of having money laundering or other offences which intervene funds crime . 
madam president , this is the only report , regarding which i voted harshly . 
that would be the first member state which casts a bridge geographical above the schism that between ourselves and asia , and the first still traditional mainly muslim . 
this is particularly true at a time when we are committed in number 's increasing resources of the eib and this , without cover utterly the economic risks we take . 
in this context , i would like to point out the main conclusion of paragraph 22 which states that turkey does not fulfil the copenhagen criteria and i highlights the many condemnations of acts and lapses , which turkey has been the subject in the areas of human rights , democratic freedoms and in its behaviour international and that the recommendations to conform with the european values related that the european parliament has extended to that country . 
we are worried , mr president , not to hear , today , to such encouragement from the turkish officials and the turkish press , but probably is there a attempt of reaction . 
eleven years after the fall of the berlin wall , nicosia is the only capital of europe that is still divided . 
the progress essential have not been made in a ratio sufficient and turkey must continue its efforts . 
mr president , mr president of the council , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , this is as rapporteur for the accession of cyprus that i want to take the floor in this debate . 
mr president , it is impossible for us to vote the morillon report , because we believe that , unlike what it stands and to what many people expect , in turkey also , accession do shall not help the lives of communities . 
but i believe at the same time that we should not offers only a too black picture of the situation . 
so there is a relationship internally . 
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mr brok , who has joined , we had been wondering precisely on delays are identified in the negotiations . 
we europeans have experience to be emphasized . 
in fact , this is no longer only , as in 1995 and restoration of a balance with towards eastern europe , it is also necessary to prepare the future enlargement of the union . 
xenophobia , state terrorism or other forms of terrorism also lie within of this area , and i hope we will also have the possibility of put it right . 
that is something that we must , unfortunately , we live with . 
but , again , we should be francs . 
all this shows an appreciation of the inadaptation the results achieved so far , even if the answers are not yet , in my view , equal to the situation , and although we must recognise that five years , this is not very much for processes such complex . 
that is why i believe that today 's debate may serve to make us aware of the central importance of this policy for the union as a whole . 
it is not via competition between all these needs that this is , but they are new funds that we have to find . 
the spiral of violence in the middle east , the war waged with violence and determination against the palestinian people , to whom israel continues to refuse its right to a state , threaten the future of the whole region . 
mr president , like the european union must find in nice , the balance between deepening and widening it should develop , to marseilles a balanced relationship between its function european central and its responsibility mediterranean . 
however , the idea that the we adopt in this fifth anniversary of the barcelona process is that we can see ourselves satisfied with the simple continuity of the process , of the fact that there has been ministerial meetings with the presence of representatives of israel , of the palestinian authority , syria , lebanon , etc. that is perhaps a small consolation . general balance sheets of 
the common problems in the mediterranean region are rife : illegal immigration , poverty , external debt , human rights , drought and terrorism , which destroyed ruthlessly life in human beings and of families innocent , as we live tragically in spain in algeria or in the middle east . 
we are prepared to the believe , but the countries in the south need other things that of promises or speech : it is up to us give it to them . 
europe has made no policy on desertification or of water in the mediterranean countries should be undertake a specific policy to the environment mediterranean which would be assuming parameters , the logical and even the diversity climate in the mediterranean . ; 
the proposals which are to us today are far more balanced . 
i now come to the agency in kosovo . 
we cannot let them down and , now more than ever , these countries need our help . 
to conclude - and i shall return to the words of the commission - i would say that these two proposals are the cornerstone of a process which has to allow these countries , which suffered and there is still , of power has fully incorporate into european structures . 
in future , we must give the responsibility to a smaller number - to a director also , if you like - ensuring that someone assumes really the responsibility for this body which will be selecting the various programmes . 
i therefore thank all colleagues who have estimated that this objective is important and am pleased that in future , we can strengthen this area - in terms of content - within these countries . 
i read in communications on the elections in bosnia that nationalists extremist have won elections legislative in bosnia-herzegovina . 
the european union - you know - has engaged decisively to contribute to these historical changes . 
the discussion of reports westendorp and lagendijk on the motions for regulations , one the framework programme , and another , by the european agency for reconstruction gives us the opportunity to come back about the size of the support that the eu intends to given to the balkans western , so of accompanying the stabilisation and association process . 
the victory long-awaited of democracy in croatia , then in federal republic of yugoslavia , enforce , we know , to the european union to far beyond . 
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as they deal with , questions 2 and 3 . 
a new deadline of four months has just be granted to sides - it is to resolve 1324 - to endeavour to make progress on the two fronts . 
i would like to question the state of the association agreement with morocco . 
stability and development of the caucasus represent one of the strategic priorities for the european union . 
about the discussion with turkey , we are emerging from a very important debate on this issue , and you know very exactly the positions of the european union on this point . 
i just want to that the minister emphasises that the legislative measures proposed seek those who exploit and profit from those people who are in situations desperate and is not intended to criminalise more immigrants or immigrants potential . 
both legislative measures that actions directed to increase the debate and implement the awareness are necessary . 
i believe that must really fight against these crimes with every means absolutely every means and i note that both the council of the union that the un general assembly and , i believe , the turkish government , are prepared to do so . 
that is also because the other 14 member désapprouvaient they have taken measures . 
let me take one example : if tomorrow in my country , france - and here i am speaking here as minister - were to power a party of the extreme right , i would like to that we see against my own country measures the types of which have been taken against austria . 
for my part , i wanted to speak about values : i mentioned the values as they are included in our text , i have spoken of values such that they are réaffirmées in the charter of fundamental rights and i spoke particularly - it is true - the fight against all discrimination , which is included in the frontispice for european texts . that is what we must uphold . 
i remind you that this dialogue policy forms , together with the future partnership for accession , one of the aspects of the strategy turkey 's pre-accession defined on this occasion . 
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here that we strive and it is to this ligne-là and in any other that we are committed . 
on this occasion , we have to recognize that the moroccan side has not replied the tender community . 
these are the citizens in scotland where , after 110 days of detention , people who are accused to have committed offences must or being judged , or being released and i never be accused of this crime . 
concrete measures have they been taken ( security of supply , energy efficiency ) to make the member states ' economies less sensitive to the crises external ? what instruments and priorities of the council short-term , medium-term and long-term , in terms of energy efficiency and of energy conservation ? 
the union 's position on measures extraterritorial practice by the united states has not changed . 
finally , i have recalled that the european union took note with concern of the observations made on place by the agencies and of the united nations programmes and deplored therefore the consequences negative and often brings with the economic embargo us , for the people of cuba . 
the council does not central that it is a political problem par excellence and that it is unacceptable that it held in equal distance of the victim and the a bully ? 
firstly , the bureau is in line with the commission 's decision to decentralise ; on the other hand , it poses an excellent results of administration within the task that he does . 
they do not recognise borders . we fight the illegal activities cross-border , in both the field of drug trafficking , of cross-border cooperation or from the trafficking in human beings . 
commissioner patten , which has an great experience - not to say wisdom - in the treatment of international crises , and which , furthermore , visited different regions of the peninsula balkan , could honour in seat of the agency for reconstruction , in thessaloniki to see how does this service . should 
but this area , the region most haunted of europe , has never been so full of hope that today . 
but i would firstly like to thank the house for the excellent quality and the rapid work during the discussion of these two proposals for regulations . 
we have also achieved results rapid in serbia , where the commission has put in place in the space of four weeks only , a programme of emergency aid totalling eur 200 million . 
of course , we can also accept the proposal wishing to that the guidelines adopted in the future by the commission reflect this same research for greater efficiency behind our reforms . 
i hope that parliament appreciates the significance of the proposals that i presented in may and that it will continue to work constructively with the other to this very difficult issue . nevertheless , i will not offer my support for amendment no parliament which seek to remove the requirement of unanimity , because that would go against the opinion of college . 
the challenge of this third summit held in seoul was to deepen the asem process both for participants governments that for the general public . 
as regards the area ' interpersonnel ' ( people-to-people ) , the principle of openness of the asem process to greater section of civil society was maintained , although ngo initiatives seeking to establish a social forum have not been able to see the day through the reluctance of some asian partners . 
we are also very pleased that the summit in seoul has taken place and that all heads of government , except one or two , there were present . 
there was even two specific proposals which were adopted , namely the round table on globalisation and the duo fellowship program , which provides for 4 300 fellowships up to 25 million american dollars . 
the communication from the commission limits itself to address the aspects relating to the powers corresponding to the community and the member states in out the tasks consequent of participation in the rfos . 
if we assuming that of all the coastal states existing in the world , there are few people benefiting from the economic potential , legal , legislative and political available to the european union , you will understand how important it is to ask ourselves what is our responsibility . 
the reform of the cfp will be vital , but it will be even more important that we put in place the appropriate reforms . 
i am thinking here of the fish migrateurs . 
we are all aware of throughout the european union and well beyond . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , i would firstly like to say thank you for the support that you attach the efforts we make to promote and strengthen the action taken by the community in regional fisheries organisations . 
until now , some progress has certainly already been made , but we have above all devote ourselves to find a better planning in time . 
indeed , the continued improvements in the productivity of farms generates already growing of supply and if this was to be accompanied by a extension no bounds of the apparatus production , it we would again , inevitably , a heavy imbalance of the market . 
instead , it has far more sense that every producer of pigmeat is its own economies . to each farmer in pigs its tirelire . 
it also points out the need to encourage producer organizations , which is the location differs greatly from one member state to another . 
the organisations of the markets , how they have worked so far , have favoured the concentration process more than they have prevented . 
the globalization of the economy is presented in the report as a trap , and this has nothing to do with crises cyclical . 
all farmer wherever it may in the union , can subscribe to this mechanism . 
mr president , commissioner , the author of the report , mr garot , has dealt with seriously and clarified this commission proposal in order of introducing funds regulating the pigmeat sector . 
that is a matter of balance . 
in this respect , i must say that my conclusions are different from those of my colleague mr garot , in relation to the commission 's proposal , i could almost the approve as presented , although , if we want to be honest , we must recognise that it does not offer anything concrete for resolve the problem . 
then there is the involvement of producers specialist porcelets under the proposed system such as amendments nos 7 and 13 the say . 
what does therefore , please , that the commission has tabled ? 
firstly , an analysis of the budgetary implementation and practices management was carried out for each of the financial contributions . 
on this point , the court repeat what she has said previous years , i.e. the that such a tendency has negative consequences : decisions inept and rash , increased workload leading a risk of errors , and so on . 
the dramatic events which occurred recently showed clearly that the management problems and control pesaient increasingly heavily on the european agenda . 
this weighs the member states conscientious and reward the least dedicated . 
in this respect , i would like to add quickly that the commission places the emphasis mainly during his work on the improvement of external aid , both in the direction of a institutional restructuring in this area that in the direction of a liquidation strengthened and faster than in the past important remaining to unspent . 
now , the european parliament is in an extremely difficult situation , because he said this year still - in january - that there accept more some serious mistakes in 's accounts 1999 . 
i should like to mention a number problems and i hope that mr karlsson can answer to my questions today . 
we need more figures and more facts . 
i would like to that this is done already this year so that we can begin to assess dgs . 
we all know , of course , that the commission is working on some changes . 
this will reduce the number of mistakes . 
the commission is therefore now resorted to the compliance . 
may i first of all thank mr karlsson because this year , cooperation with the commission on budgetary control has much better market that the previous years . 
i crave a classifying countries and sectors mostly affected by the mismanagement in the eu . 
madam president , i would also like to sincerely thank the court of auditors for the report and for its assessment policy yesterday in the committee on budgetary control . the reform efforts and their need have once again been emphasised . 
we must be able to reads what has been said by mrs van der laan - and we are all in agreement on that . 
to this end , perhaps should be given the president of the court decision-making power more important on methods for the court and about how it communicates . 
rates are different from one country to another and their composition varies from one country to another . 
in his work the most important thing in the common agricultural policy , the special report on arable crops , the court concludes that , from 1993 to 1997 , the community budget has paid more than thirteen thousand billion eur more than what would be sensible . 
i do not raise of questions , which it is impossible to respond . 
the court of auditors must also change its working methods . 
we can always rejoice at something . 
this report was approved by a large majority on the committee on the environment of parliament , and , i am therefore going to defend the result of the vote on this commission . 
the second point concerns export ban , which has just been trumpet . 
i have therefore reservations and am inclined to reject this provision . 
to the second or third reading , we shall need of the famous 314 votes and , as the report is now we are all will certainly not . 
the commission recently proposed a measure , timid but welcome , along those lines , that the commissioner will prove to have perhaps a little more when he responds . 
we agree with the rapporteur on the need to inform the consumer about the risks and to play the map of transparency , particularly in terms of health and safety . 
in my opinion , it is better to take greater account the principle of subsidiarity . 
however , i remember to a major discussion i had with my daughter elisabetta then that she had nine years and that it asked me to go and a round only in the street . 
the need to ensure that we guarantee full protection of consumers , without however regulate some things several times or way contradictory . 
i would also like to stress the importance of amendments approved by the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy , which strengthen transparency provide the consumer with final and that specify the responsibilities , not only producers , but also of distributors during the possible operations to withdraw from products unsafe . 
this also means that , when new provisions are made within the framework of sectoral legislation , they are to take precedence over the provisions of the directive . 
many of the amendments proposed are an improvement to the original text and can therefore be accepted by the commission . 
thirdly , amendment no 4 proposes to add , in preamble , a requirement requires member states to produce concrete reports with the assistance of relevant institutions and independent , be they public or private . 
although the commission is in favour of cooperation and of common principles , the proposed wording goes against the principle of subsidiarity . 
no problem arising from the current wording has not been informed the commission and changes affaibliraient existing arrangements . 
amendments nos 39 and 44 propose that information about dangerous products are made publicly available after that a decision of prohibition or of recall was taken . they propose also the exchange of information covered by professional secrecy is not possible between supervisory authorities of markets . 
mr martelli , normally , you cannot you express that , at the end of voting time but i give you exceptionally and briefly the floor . 
report ( a5-0294 / 2000 ) by mrs eriksson , on behalf of the committee on women 's rights and equal opportunities , on the proposal for a council resolution on the programme about the strategy community on equality between men and women programme ( 2001-2005 ) ( com ( 2000 ) 335 - c5-0386 / 2000 - 2000 / 0143 ( cns ) ) 
mr president , my question relates to the next voting on the amendments with regard to paragraph 10 , i.e. the armenian genocide . 
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responsibility is twofold : there is that of the governments of the states of the union , but also that of the governments the mediterranean partners . 
this aid is more than justified by the scale of this tragedy . 
the prohibition of night work for for women was one of the few areas in which social legislation in some countries , in order to protect women , were a little more ahead for the workers as well as for workers . 
i very much hope that in future , the commission will present annually and in due time stock permitting parliament to pursue a analysis and discussion in more depth . 
it is therefore with some regret that i voted against this proposal . 
it is important that our products are safe , but we do not want to exceed certain limits through a process of actions extremes . 
today , the kosovo agency is being led by a council of direction in which the representatives of the member states and the commission have each of a voice and where decisions can be taken by a two-thirds majority . 
for serbia , to solve the problem is that of kosovo . 
the danish social democrats have voted against a report to introduce a aid scheme for the benefit of producers of pork within the eu . 
only , as everyone knows , even with some opening up of the french presidency , the commission rejects these proposals and there does not appear to be a majority in the council for the approve . 
a variation minimal of supply enough to provoke a crisis . 
mr president , the armenian genocide was the first in a long series during this twentieth century is one of century genocide . 
sweden is not prepared to take part in common military defence , it is up to actions treatment civil crisis management , we cannot support paragraph 15 , where we ' welcomes the will of turkey to help to enhance the european capacity in the context of the common eu policy on security and defence . ' 
but , quite apart from the duty of remembrance that we must demand of any democracy , and which europeans know how difficult it is painful , and so difficult for certain european countries did not complete , it is important that these acts of barbarity with destroy lives motives for ethnic , religious or cultural and in the universal conscience cannot be committed in the future . 
this is probably a different debate from one today but , on behalf of the importance i attach to turkey , i wanted to say it again today . 
peace is possible because the people are no longer hindered to exercise their right to self-determination . 
i voted for the amendments requesting this recognition , today , so to continue this testimony and in recognizing the pain of a people . 
it took place at the time of the ottoman empire . 
not only the jové peres report would systematic this situation protect organisations existing regional and those which are currently under creation , but it would strengthen it putting an end to the habit of the commission to make use of the support of technicians from different member states . 
my remarks deserve obviously in favour of the issue we are discussing today , the representation of the european community within organisations regional fisheries , but it applies equally to the negotiations led by example in the framework of the world trade organisation . 
my suggestion to bring them together was permitted then supported by mr trittin , president-in-office of the council of the time and by the european commission , so that the decision of parliament to merge three directives has not hindered by great deal of resistance . 
an example : pvc is 0.7 % of the total volume of waste incinerated . 
i shall end , mr president , by saying that the ppe / de group is quite happy with the work that has been done during this third reading . 
mr president , i would also like to thank mr blokland for his work on this important issue . 
incinerate is not recycle . 
mr blokland 's report now at third reading was for many members elected for the first time in the committee on the environment in the first test greatness nature allowing to learn of the practices parliamentarians . 
new emission limits , which are stricter , were introduced for the new cement kilns destined for the co-incinération , as indicated by mrs evans . 
whatever the diversity of national situations , we can therefore see , in all the states of the european union , a reduction fairly general of cover compulsory , an increased role for systems so-called health insurance supplementary and enhancing of factors discriminants . 
this would be of a proposal for a directive for the following : ban the use of information nominative from genetic research , one key point ; the absence of examinations prior to the take out the establishment of an obligation to guarantee viagère by the insurer ; taking account of those people who work and travel within the union and , finally , the establishment of a mechanism to mediate . however better coordinated allowances health ; 
we adopt an attitude increasingly positive towards the care , cross-border and functioning of the market is therefore increasingly applicable to health care . 
the united states , for example , we often serve ' of example " in terms of economic liberal . however , it would be a fatal mistake of take them as an example that there is health policy . 
we must not that the eu gradually forging closer and rules regarding , for example , to information therapeutic or imposed on everyone of the obligation to assured , what would ruin the diversity of systems currently enjoyed in many countries which are working on the basis of principles . actuariels health insurance supplementary 
it transpired subsequently that there was a bit of a way to be admitted . 
it is a matter of the health of all the citizens of our member states and the cohesion of our territories . 
it is not by chance that i am faced with these problems in the context dutch . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , mr rocard invite the commission to define in a green paper the characteristics of insurance basic within the framework insurance disease legal . 
it is a concern of the first water . 
mr president , those who , as we have spent throughout their lives to the study of the social issues remember all the old manuals fixed invariably the social security as a package of measures of protection of the state covering risks to individual or a household and which the individuals - the core family - cannot be face themselves . economically assessed , nature , 
then , that means that an important reflection on the causes of the failure of medical assistance public is necessary . 
sickness insurance supplementary presupposes a 's legal system rights and benefits . 
by trying to end discrimination on the basis of the previous history medical , mr rocard would have killed the chicken bucks . 
the commission will act at once within the scope of its competence , and i will try to reply to the conclusions of your report . 
i also hope that the proposals designed to recognise the particular importance qualifications and integration in working life will also be adopted , because we must take account of the phenomenon and more social exclusion and poverty people doing nevertheless a professional activity paid . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the committee on economic and monetary affairs also wants to congratulate the rapporteur for his speech . 
the next item is the recommendations of the commission for a council 's view on the updating of stability programmes in germany , finland and the netherlands . 
this has led us to reflect different and to ask if this stability and growth pact has exhausted with the achievement of the objective of a figure final determined , or if it must be introduced other aspects relating to the quality of public finances in future programmes . quantitative 
our basic message is therefore that the margin aimed to tax reductions must go hand in hand with a tight control public expenditure . 
i believe that in all , we can certainly be regarded as of a positive balance sheet . 
they obtain the risks of overheating in one of biggest countries of europe , which is also one of the main countries for the european economy , germany . 
mr president , thank you very much mr della vedova . 
it seems to me that on these two elements being on current state of the fight against bse in europe and on developments in france , you desire hear us today . 
we propose to the european commission and to our partners to the union to prepare and the extension to the scale european testing , depending on préconisations scientists . 
and , effectiveness and independence , transparency will be the key principles guidant clearly the assessment of risk food in europe . 
i will return to this later . 
however , it is necessary as these tests can be deployed at a ladder far greater . 
measures monitoring active , including the random testing , are in progress to prevent the cases of bse to enter the food chain . 
in the sort of situation facing us , it is always trying to to turn to a solution magic a solution which can both eliminate risks and restore confidence . 
i would ask monday member states whether they suspect that the weaknesses in the implementation controls , weaknesses which would run counter to community legislation in this area , are a factor explaining the current increase of the incidence of bse . 
however , there must be possible to combine both rapid action and serious . 
it is up to you on the conclude quickly . 
it is extremely important capital , particularly as regards the problem in question of bse . 
our group requests the immediate ban on meat and bonemeal for all animals to livestock farms , as long as the member states be able to guarantee the establishment of laws on the prevention of bse and the rigorous application of european directives . 
i do not know whether it is the panacea , commissioner , but on behalf of the precautionary principle , it seems to me that the experience imposes to ban the use animal meal in feedingstuffs of all animals to livestock farms , including pigs , chicken fish and now . 
i think that the debate which has now begun in this house , who is to seek which , the council , the commission or of the house , has worked as or the least , seems somewhat superfluous . 
firstly , others have said before me , we have to practise screening systematic on all cattle slaughtered intended to the feeding of europe . 
showing courage and ambition , we can combining the interest health europeans and the economic interest of our producers and we can thus restoring confidence . 
they are , i repeat , in nothing responsible for the crisis . that is why the european union must show its solidarity to them . 
nor do i accept the arrogance of certain member states who , do not practising tests , do not demand of regulation . 
european solidarity should also work because our policy has shown its inconsistencies : set-aside land , animal meal for ruminants , nitrates , pesticides . 
and now , i must hear mr gollnisch say that the group has been at the cutting edge of fighting in the bse crisis . 
furthermore , we consider appropriate to ensure that everything seat of infection is circumscribed and that the export of meat is banned until their is safe is proved . 
it is unacceptable that we accept insufficiently this priority in the political field . 
i am pleased to see we envisage always the extension tests on a voluntary basis . 
but if we généralisons the screening tests , if we destroy meat-and-bone meals , if we impose slaughter of the whole herd for one sick animal , we must demand these health rules strictly on the part third countries that are our trading partners and that seek to export to the community of live animals , of carcasses , meat preparations . equivalent 
the causes of the problem include elsewhere . 
madam president , i am pleased that the commission has finally pronounced very strongly in favour of screening tests generally applied . because , as france has just show : which seeks find ! 
what prevent us then for action ? why should every time a crisis for that we gathered here and that we state that parliament place public health of the highest priority ? 
the link between bse and the feeding of animal meal , a way very few natural of feed animals moreover , is clear to everyone now . 
i would ask the european commission to achieve a degree of harmonization in this respect too . 
i urge the commission to make a comprehensive review the systems that are put in place in france to handle cases of bse . 
the poison between in the system which he ultimately destroy . 
it is certainly difficult also to coexist in the matter for national legislation and european legislation . 
another safeguard have been mapped in the system to protect public health and food safety in the form of legislation which defines the procedures for manufacture of animal meal . 
it has been said that they would be very costly , that they would concern a large number of carcasses and so on . 
by way of example , we citera the technique of the oreiller which has caused the death of one immigrée in belgium , the use of sédatifs powerful in spain , the transportation of immigrants amassed on in the holds of boats in italy and spain , the tragedy of 58 chinese immigrants found dead in the united kingdom arrested in the european territory and the widespread use of different ways of constraint and intimidation against immigrants expelled . port of dover having on several occasions 
that is my commitment and i in reply as far as i am concerned . 
violence against women many forms of : there has violence within the family , which is the crime of silence , there is also the forms of sexual exploitation and trafficking in women , the trafficking of human beings . 
mr president , i would say to mr nogueira that , of course , in model that we have established a , monetary policy is one of the tasks of the european central bank and this last takes decisions in accordance of the requirements established in the treaty . 
mr president , i think for the public , it is very important to distinguish between the impact internal and the external impact . i would like to whether the commission intends now before the physical introduction of the euro , to launch a action in order to explain to the population the difference between the impacts internal and external of monetary stability ? 
in the absence of concrete actions of the greek government , it will continue the procedure already started . 
the commission 's role is to ensure there a system of surveillance and measure . 
in the same decision , the commission promised to be taken into account aid systems in all member states is based on the specific compatibility criteria that approved until 2004 , when will expire the validity of the authorisation of the french scheme of support . 
the realization of a europe which promotes integration , under the terms of the lisbon european council , requires an effort and a overall activities . 
secondly , and allow for the take better account of their experience the players operating on the ground , ngos , the local community and the social bodies and people who are themselves in a position to exclusion . 
many elderly might confirm , as have those who work for hours for low-wage do not ensuring a decent life - i am thinking , for example farm workers . 
one could also speak of population groups important which cannot control sufficiently the language to getting a job . 
in the united states with a labour market more flexible , one has the guarantee that poverty is experienced for periods much shorter times of unemployment , with a very brief . 
in my country , approximately 75 % of the people who live and work below the poverty line are women . 
we must then seek to achieve , not least in part , this commitment . 
that allocation must be strengthened given the development and the realistic which about this is required . 
mr president , i thank and congratulate mrs figueiredo and members today who are not here who have cited opinions from other parliamentary committees . 
as you suggest , we must also mention the importance of ngos and the regional players and local and - as you suggest - better take account of their experience on the ground . 
we have already agreed that the social protection committee is meeting regularly with the contact group composed of members of the european parliament . 
the next item is the report ( a5-0320 / 2000 ) by mrs rothe , on behalf of the committee on industry , external trade , research and energy , on the proposal for a directive of european parliament and the council on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources on the internal market of electricity ( com ( 2000 ) 279 - c5-0281 / 2000 - 2000 / 0116 ( cod ) ) . 
we need now of binding targets . 
another important point approved by the commission is the problem the links and access to the network for renewable energy . 
specifically , in my country , spain , these guidelines would be to blame for emissions in the atmosphere of 225 billion tonnes of co2 additional by 2010 and the fact that we could not achieve the kyoto targets . 
mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , we cannot applaud the commission 's proposal to create a framework , which will enable an increase sensitive in the medium term from the proportion electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the european union . 
but the threat can always come from the compatibility with the internal market . 
waste does not constitute a renewable natural resource , even if we turn product every day increasingly . 
therefore this directive will have a topical unintentional . 
having said that , i warmly support this proposal . 
mr president , i would like to thank mrs rothe on her excellent report , which is very at the right time in this week where we we discuss in the crisis of climate change . 
the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources is an objective that we should support without reservation . 
adjustments technological radical are essential . 
instead , proposals are formulated on its own event and without coherence . 
and i would like to end simply with reference to three problems which have arisen throughout this debate . 
furthermore , to be consistent the objectives pursued brought to parameters national must be binding because otherwise the directive lack of content and of substance . 
this is also the case , for the same reason , amendment no 3 , partly , but not of amendment no 7 , which is too technical for the text of the proposal . 
but , ladies and gentlemen , we cannot accept the parts which prejudge application of the regulations on state aid . 
the next item is the report ( a5-0308 / 2000 ) by mrs theorin , on behalf of the committee on women 's rights and equal opportunities , on the participation of women to peaceful conflict resolution ( 2000 / 2025 ( ini ) ) . 
while the peace process formal are almost exclusively reserved to men , the experiences and declarations acquired on the international level show how far the participation of women is important when it is time to solve of conflicts and to build peace . 
decisions on the implementation and the implementation of humanitarian actions are the responsibility the cells of crisis , however , the responsibilities of these women is encounter little attention and of recognition . 
they apparently want to maintain their position of strength with terms of foreign and defence policy and feel that the interests of women may be defended by men . 
mr president , first , i would like to say all my own interest in this report , which i must say is excellence , the great excellence , same . 
similarly , the financial resources with which to help women victims of this situation are a prerequisite . 
mr president , much has already been said and i do not want to lapsing into the repetition . 
mr president , commissioner , i would firstly like to congratulate mrs theorin for having taken the initiative of this excellent report , effective participation of women in the negotiations on resolving conflicts can change the world and transforming dominant culture of the antagonism and violence in culture of peace , for dialogue and the regulation about an issue that important but also topical . how can a democratic disputes ? 
that is why i support the demands made in the report , according to which women should benefit from the right of influence diplomatic . 
an excellent report , profound , rigorous , able to set down of the essential principles with clarity , who is present in article 17 , bold but both with a great sense practice and proposals very necessary . 
for my part , i condamnerais all forms of rape and all forms of slavery ! 
fifthly , the role played by echo , the agency 's humanitarian aid the european commission , and the parliament has also invited to take account of the sexospécificités . 
the problem is this : millions of people ( mainly women ) carry out this work ; there is tremendous request but not one regularisation applicable in this area . 
i believe that we must encourage member states to regulate the sector via the directives on the employment , according to what has already been requested in the opinion of the european parliament on these directives . 
the population migrante represents as a collective important to that sector , which requires special measures , as reception centres specialised , responsible to provide further assistance . 
this is a matter for the member states . 
the requirements regarding the domestic help have been greatly increased recent years ; however , this situation has hardly been remarked upon in working life in general and with the rights and obligations part to professional life . 
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not only do we need to create a internal system of peace and freedom , but we will also have to the reconcile with the customs and habits which exist for decades in the european community and the european union . 
the first step to overcome to restructure the constitution of the federal state is defining a framework suitable time for an democratic dialogue the widest possible on the type of relations between the two republics . 
the result achieved is historic . you , the meps , who represent directly the citizens of member states of the union , you represent the european citizens , are the best placed to understand why the straightforward option to become a member in the european union is very uncertain in the eyes of the citizens of the existing federal republic of yugoslavia . 
can take on board the sitting . 
it is , as you know , to an extremely important matter and the highest interest to citizens , and this is the least that we can stop a decision today on this point in for voting time . 
the commission were told that it would present a specific proposal on this matters in the six months , and she has held floor . 
already exist with present in the european union a practice regarding of access to public documents , and we must not forget that citizens courageous and many member states progressive are fighting for years to greater transparency . 
this report calls still have to be refined the european parliament and that is why i believe simply require further improvements here . 
we are pleased to see in this report the important principle that we support resolutely as a committee on budgetary control . 
the opportunity offered to learn the things that are not drawn to their attention by the media and some interest groups so that they can be more participate in the open and democratic debate : something that is so important to secure the trust their is now with the eu . 
the committee on petitions would like to see the we raccourcisse the length of waiting times before the publishing documents . 
as soon as secrecy will no longer be justified , the document should naturally become accessible to the public . 
i would also stress that all citizens must be guarantee of access should be allowed to documents under so many forms that possible . 
the dogma of the political responsibility must not be confused with the rights of citizens on access to documents . 
i would therefore appeal to the rapporteurs , to remove in the regulation on public access to documents any reference to the rights of members . furthermore , i wish to invite all my colleagues to ensure that their interests will carry the day not on those of the public . 
in these sectors , access to documents is not guaranteed and it is refused , not only to citizens , but even the european parliament which , in other hand , is not even officially informed neither consulted on the documents fundamental . 
there is though still an important hint of bitterness . 
mr president , first i would like to thank mr cashman for the quality of the work gone into the report . 
we are dealing with a very important report , which represents a major part of what we could call the new principle of transparency of the european union . 
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this is not just to promote the principle of access to all documents , but also to reach open the doors during the council meeting , so that this last do takes more in future its decisions in the silence and the secrecy , allowing then to other to practise the denigrate cheap towards brussels . unlimited 
i would now like to bring up the work that have been on the exceptions . 
our people see europe as undemocratic , as a place where the we take decisions behind closed doors . 
in accordance with article 255 of the treaty , the proposed regulation should be adopted before on 1 may 2001 , i.e. two years after the entry into force of the treaty of amsterdam . 
now , i would like to address a few problems which , at the time , prevent the commission to accept certain amendments . 
as i said before , we can , in some cases , agree , in principle , with the amendments but we need to work together on the administrative and technical , for example , regarding the amendments relating to classification of documents and the register . plan 
we do not have a written document and i should like , for the future also , the commission fuzzy to honourable members , in writing , its recommendations . 
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we welcome the statute improved granted to the watering down of the risks of credit , particularly guarantees which can be offered by small businesses . 
report ( a5-0321 / 2000 ) by mr blokland on the joint plan , approved by the conciliation committee , for a european parliament and council directive on waste incineration [ c5-0371 / 2000 - 1998 / 0289 ( cod ) ] 
mr president , could i ask the liberal group , and i is also called for in quality of co-rapporteur to be a little more practical ? 
the postpone the vote to november ii therefore corresponds to a request is common to the ppe-de and pse groups . 
i therefore propose to postpone the vote on the report villiers to november ii . 
i have followed the next that i received by the service acts of the plenary and the house is not decide otherwise . 
as president of sitting , today , i do have to say to you that it : as the colleague , i can say that i am in agreement with you . 
in addition to the negative position adopted during the first phase , when the european parliament in condemned the dangers in britain and in the second stage , when the scandal was raging in the united kingdom , measures have in fact been limited to this country , without is implemented a programme directly strong controls and restructuring of livestock farming at european level . 
that is why we want take four great lessons there , which should be taken into account in the future . 
. we voted for this joint resolution . 
the snowballing of the number of cases of the variant of cjd in england and the situation in france have imposed on the agenda , more strongly , the question from ' mad cow disease ' ( bse ) . 
for fear sowing panic amongst the citizens or by aim of avoiding disasters , some governments have not forwarded to the information due to the commission or did not done , as of the first demonstration phenomena dangerous , the blockade immediate consumption of the products in question and to the ban on their exports . commercial good time 
farmers cannot deal with this crisis only : a plan accompanying of the rearing is to put in place and measures to recover consumer confidence . 
the inability of a european bodies ( council ) to define a policy that meets the needs of security of the member states are most directly involved will indeed pose problems of hierarchy between the constraints of the single market and the requirements of health and safety of our peoples . whole , the commission , parliament relevant ec 
we were given after many discussions with the council , satisfaction on several points . 
the time landfill sites has now to an end , these must shift the emphasis from technologies more viable for the environment . 
involve the processes the social bodies , particularly the representatives of the groups sensitive covered by the programme ; 
indeed , if we must welcome the return of growth and falling unemployment , we must not hide the persistence and indeed the escalation , and of inequality ! 
i am of the opinion that the rapporteur is right when he argues for greater participation public authorities , the social partners and of the civil society in the measures to defeat poverty and social exclusion . 
the ' poor workers ' , including most are women , employees part-time , on the cheap and in the most absolute , share the retinue of misery that the official statements on the restarting ignore loftily . precariousness 
three years ago , the prime minister has created the unity of social exclusion , which coordinates the action of the government to reduce social exclusion by framing solutions identical to problems similar circumstance . 
it is , for the moment in installations with more than 60 rotors which cover a surface area equivalent to thousands of land football . 
addiction , which is around 50 % for the whole of the union , risk of raised to 70 % by 2020 in the absence of development of renewable energy sources . 
it goes without saying that the exploitation of nuclear energy and the storage of nuclear waste must comply with deposits higher safety modern and more efficient . 
we must therefore seek a source of energy already present in the nature , but which has become inexploitée as long as nobody has developed technology for the in extract . 
the preparation asem 4 must be an opportunity to assert the democratic requirement on the one hand , by information and the intervention of the democratically elected parliament and civil society - particularly with the establishment of a social forum - and , secondly , taking full account social rights , environmental and human . 
recently , this parliament was victim of certain equivocal and even particular criticism . 
we have noted that it is face the same misadventures that the european parliament in its infancy , which it had been fighting and the continued to do to create more powers , more resources , more than presence and for vindicate its representativeness . 
parliament in central america , like the european parliament , must gain in prestige , in credibility and in legitimacy is based on activity of its political groups , because life parties are , or at least should be , the recognisable reflection companies they represent . 
as regards human rights , we support , since 1990 , the programmes for cooperation for the benefit of the respect for human rights through training and awareness in this area . 
( b5-0855 / 2000 ) by mr van den bos , on behalf of the eldr group ; 
the extreme confusion which characterised the electoral context in recent weeks in côte d ' ivoire , yet so far economic model , is symptomatic of a country in crisis , economic crisis , desperation social and by that chaos policy . 
the political leaders , military and religious must do its utmost to allow national reconciliation . 
we must and throughout the debate on the ivoirité , this debate which is nothing other that the setting up of national preference that we combat in our own countries , including the logical consequence and ultimate is the establishment of the ethnic cleansing , either totally combated , and removed any reference or connotations on the ivoirité in the constitution ivoirienne . fumeux 
was also supported revision of the constitution , designed to exclude its main opposition , watara , because of its parents were not all two ivorian nationals . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , even if , in the unlike other states in africa that central and western , côte d ' ivoire was once a haven of stability and democracy , this state has nevertheless experienced long ago ethnic tensions and religious . it has also seen of abuse of power on the part the last government in place under president bédié , what has ultimately led to a seizure of power violent by the military . 
we condemn the ethnic violence and above all the responsible policies that demagoguery is ahead . 
the next item is the joint debate on the motions for resolutions : 
the meeting to come between the eu and asean to laos in december , offers a good opportunity to demonstrate that we utterly condemn force this regime . 
i do , incidentally , not sure our own ministers régleraient be the situation . 
asean has proved in every way of the word , a paper tiger in its failure to meet the horrific events of burma . 
the junta stated that it had intend to try negate the whole party . 
its past deals with , and , of course , the situation is a difficult one . 
these improvements light - that there will certainly not with the author of socialist group 's amendments mr sakellariou , took place in recent years and have led to a situation that certainly is more tragic , but which is always disastrous and is not in any case not match the stakes which are those vietnam must of today . 
mr swoboda the european parliament is an institution flexible and effective . 
but it would be positive that in hanoi , us president does not only focus on reinforcing the reciprocal cooperation , but will make it precisely dependent on firm promises , to the part of the vietnam , to improve radically with the paltry situation which are reigns with regard of human rights . 
i call on the council and the commission to protest vehemently against these infringements of freedom of religion by the vietnamese authorities . 
similarly , the process has allowed the signature of a cooperation agreement between the commission and vietnam in 1995 . 
the elements that we have submitted were of course repeated in this motion for a resolution . 
i fully agree with the fact that we must bring aid , but we aiderions even better by changing the situation that is the cause of their misery and to that of countless other people in the world . their 
these subjects that it is concern the medium and long term . 
mr president , commissioner , the floods in various areas of the north of italy , and other european countries - spain , ireland and france - presents two problems to this parliament : that of the intervention of urgency for exceptional for help the people , in the communities and to the businesses concerned , and that of a policy longer-term aimed at preventing the repetition of natural disasters of this scale . britain again in recent weeks 
it is the sector on transport and tourism , which will require the the most important measures , given its constant development - over 38 % , depending on the forecasts , at the next decade . 
the debate is closed . 
this is perhaps part of customs and habits of this parliament , but it seems to me extremely delicate matter to allow them to believe that the parliamentary institution takes european undertakings on something like that , is planning to given a mission like that to the commission with such a weak participation . 
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economic and social policy of the eu , which led to the weakening of purchasing power and capacities of workers to everything relating to the payment of contributions , annexed to the appearance of new diseases and to the unaccountability of the pharmaceutical companies , led to a significant increase in expenditure of the health . 
for the rest , a very broad scope is thus opened the insurers private , on condition that they do not sélectionnent ( at the beginning ) sick and insurance premiums by pathology . 
anyone who is not receiving and not spend much money might countless . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , i am very glad i can speak in the presence of a group of visitors from my beautiful constituency which i welcome very much . 
this presupposes , however , that establishments have sufficient time to prepare for the new rules . 
the report highlights of a consensus growing aimed to stress the inability of the current rules to take on board the developments of the financial sector the past ten years . 
we say yes greater consideration of technical of reduce the risk and we say yes to an extension of the basic principles developed by the basle committee . 
similarly , we welcome the important contribution of this report in the entire process . 
finally , and this is a key point we stand absolutely aware of the need to respect the institutional balance set out in the treaty . 
the vote will take place tomorrow at 9 a.m . 
before ending , mr president , i should like to take this opportunity to congratulate mr jacob söderman , congratulate him on the work he has done in the fight against the maladministration and hence for a better approximation of european citizens per report to life of the community institutions . 
mr president , the european parliament has always made a very positive and in keeping with the tradition which is that of the civil service in the nordic countries , that it should strengthen and consolidate the position of the ombudsman . 
the vote will take place tomorrow at 9 a.m . 
after all , access to documents is a fundamental and civil law no document is more important for a candidate from the one on its examinations . 
we felt it legitimate that a candidate will actually have access to its homework corrected , since access to documents is a fundamental right , recognised further by the charter of fundamental rights we have just adopted this week . 
and this is how this must go . 
the example should be followed by all the other institutions and bodies , as the committee on petitions the has recommended . 
the citizens of the european union should adopt a positive impression when they face the institutions of the community . 
and what is new , on this occasion , is to follow the best practices and to avoid any which , according to our experiences , would affect its credibility in the member states . 
for the other institutions is they that depends on the possibility of adopting the procedures set out in this report or in the requests of the european ombudsman . 
the minutes of yesterday 's sitting have been distributed . 
if they are prevented from doing so by a disaster inevitable , it is a non-observance of democracy . however , if they do not give the death to come , they do not deserve to take part in the vote . 
the criteria of caution increased been adopted are justified , but it must also look around at other aspects of the issue , in particular the coefficient solvency , which is a parameter weighting by type of compensation which provides a fudging of risk credit real in the actively a bank . 
establishment 's unresolved european police college ( cep ) 
this cooperation between police is fundamental to achieve the great goal that is to provide european citizens with a high level of safety within the european area of freedom , security and justice . 
enlargement of the european union , by extending the area of free movement of citizens , must be presented with further measures are of security and peaceful coexistence among the member states . 
as far as i can see , the conditions under prisons french and portuguese are very different . 
so , if you like common standards , you will have first define it , otherwise , you will be facing training which will be able to take the aspects the most varied . 
but , thanks to the work of mr posselt , it is anticipated that the crew training police must understand also human rights and defence , as is currently very adapted the suggestion of introducing a police college virtual which exploiterait the possibilities of the internet . finally 
but we are here in strasbourg , in an assembly practically leave out , to hear something almost incredible . 
this is a good idea and in the european union where citizens have of free movement and trade and the right to settle , where travellers of scotland are able to travel into sicily or greece , it is only logical to expect to develop a common system aimed at maintaining the rule of law . 
in the netherlands , the police is ensuing to the dédramatisation of conflicts and for tolerance repressive , in the frame the existence of sous-cultures , of ethnic minorities , of the use of churches as refuges for people without status of legal residence and the organisation of protest political are regarded as social phenomena normal . 
those who believe in the right solutions that they defend must not be frightened of the confront with the solutions of others . 
i hope that this college will be a point of departure for the future . 
that is a good illustration of what you start to designate today under the guise of europe within networks , a europe which place the nations in direct contact , without having a superstructure unnecessary . 
the majority of cases of child abduction of treaties are effectively in an appropriate way via central authorities in all member states . 
we must therefore fill this gap for reasons of fairness , of realism in face of the trend sociologique and equality rights and obligations of all the citizens of the european union . 
between time , we welcome this measure and we will happily to vote in favour of it . 
because of our sympathy for the objective asked , we are sticking to the measures proposed . 
the visit of a day concerns clearly from the people who are often the turn of the world to see a child . 
the positions of the european parliament in this area , together the case-law of the european court of justice confirms this approach by the commission . 
i know that the fifa has already played the clock and has waited far too long before answering the formal statement of the commission issued in 1998 . 
it is only natural that the european union is represented in the future within the wada by the commissioner in charge of affairs sports . 
decision of the uk to apply a tax carriers road not british 
it is clear that ireland accounts for a very small market , but an open market . however , much of what we buy comes from the united kingdom . 
in conclusion , this debate in the european parliament is premature , but i welcome the fact and commissioner vitorino 's statement which makes it clear that the british government has the right to introduce a system of euro-vignette to if we respect the rules and regulations already in force . 
mr president , contributions and tolls are obviously vexatious topics that to the house in the case of austria that we are debating continually this subject and seek continually solutions for improving of road traffic . and i can 
this system is not discriminatory towards drivers or hauliers of other countries of europe in favour of drivers british . 
this routier-là contributes more that any reason to its vignette , unless there is a special payment on the basis per diem . 
on 22 november , in other words the very day of the 25th anniversary of the crowning glory of the king juan carlos , which has opened the way for democracy in spain , a high leading this democracy comes from , in turn , of cost him his life her belief in the freedom , in tolerance and in respect for the other . 
you therefore all the keep carefully . 
the position of the european union in these negotiations has concentrated on safeguarding the integrity of the kyoto protocol in the areas the change in the soils and use of forestry , on the issue of ' wells absorption ' , on the link between the mechanism kyoto and action on a national scale known as ' supplémentarité ' , and on compliance . environmental 
preparing for this new session , the eu should not reopen the discussions on all the issues , but concentrate on issues priority , particularly on the mechanisms of ' wells absorption ' , on the ' supplémentarité ' and on a system of ensuring conformity solid . 
mr prescott is now affected under the line of flottaison and we do not know how long will remain for running again . 
last comment . i do think this is a good thing that the commission is strong representations on the issue of reducing emissions , in particular because it is extremely difficult to measure accurately the scale of the reduction be expanded . 
nuclear energy has no chance to take a come-back . 
but we must go further and in bonn in may 2001 and has put conditions of equality . 
we should finally to reach a compromise at the bonn conference which will take place in may 2001 . 
the challenge we must address on climate change , is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges which faces us over the 21st century if we all want to see a earth where live in the future . 
the same goes for the inclusion partial of carbon sinks , such as the plantations forests additional . 
the hague conference will continue , and , as you announced , commissioner , in spring next year in bonn . 
madam president , thank you , commissioner wallström , for your speech . 
if there is an area where there has not been désunion , it is that of the relationship between the european parliament delegation and the commission . 
we cannot afford not to achieving agreement at the next meeting of the cop6 . 
we have been very constructive and negotiated up until the last minute conversations in the hague . 
you have the floor , mr president-in-office of the council . 
on the coordination of social security systems on taxation , on questions of asylum , visa and immigration , on the trade negotiations in the field of services - very important subject - some countries are still major problems . 
i would add that the seats in the european parliament has not yet been the subject of an agreement . 
find an agreement which will enable the union of operate after further accessions , all those which are preparing at the moment actively , is something of vital importance for the future of the union and of the enlarged union . 
your president is of course called upon to do it . 
it will be forwarded , and hopefully , of course , ratified in nice . 
you can therefore see that the discussions will be extremely dense in nice . 
in a union of 27 or more member states , the requirement of unanimity will simply the effect of hamstring the progress in all area where it will remain . 
you spoke of the matter of codecision with parliament . 
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this challenge is the reunification of our old continent . this challenge is an unprecedented enlargement in terms of scale , and this is what nice must prepare ourselves . 
madam president , the most important objective of the nice summit is enlargement of the european union and the preparing the union for this enlargement . 
madam president , mr president-in-office of the council , mr president of the commission , until now , there cannot be said that the fifteen have covered in glory . 
this method is not good . 
proposals are now been submitted for allow majority decisions to the can be taken in 49 areas . 
decisions by a majority supprimeront the right of veto afforded to parliamentary democracies of member states , but that will not make the eu the parliamentary democracy . 
mr president , europe needs be runs , it needs clarity , of choice , dynamism . 
the principle of blackmail to the proclamation do not feel it is within the conclusions of the european council of biarritz , even if it was informal . 
we think that the conclusions of nice must include a statement inviting the commission to write a framework directive on this subject . 
i shall be on the treaty of nice when i have seen the outcome but , i am currently to experience a little schizophrenic on hearing today 's discussions . 
in amsterdam , they were recalés , and the class must again standing in nice . 
if the difference between large and small countries is too important to the council , it is to be feared that the european union is involved , in a few years , a serious crisis of legitimacy , since the smaller countries do will feel more home and will afraid are no longer able to defend their identity . 
the french president and prime minister seem more concerned about their own political future that by that of europe . 
the fact not to join the text in the treaty and only to approve and politically could give rise to major problems to of legal interpretation . 
secondly , i would highlight the great importance of providing our europe strong institutions in order to counterbalance a institutional void in relation to the acceleration which took place at economic level with the euro . 
the declared objectives of this revision involve create institutions which are now appropriate in an enlarged europe and , at the same time , to reduce the democratic deficit , which certainly exists . effective 
but it also matters restructuring of the 133 committee itself : the make much more responsible , ensuring that its agenda and its conclusions to be accessible and that its composition is vast and open . 
mr president , when i say that the tough issues addressed in nice will not go away if they do are the subject of no agreement at the summit , i do address not just the president-in-office of the council but also to all the governments of the member states . 
the operation of the procedure codecision in the last two years shows that this procedure works well . 
also i would say that , initially , it should already be admitted that the field of commercial policy will be included in the extension of qualified majority voting . 
elderly of seven years , she was forced to flee its country with regard to progress in the red army , is covering up in the ditches to avoid fire aircraft soviet . 
our colleague méndez de vigo just referred to rightly the charter . 
we cannot expect more of its part . 
the agreement currently being precise by the day is certainly not the lowest common denominator , it is unfortunately that a tiny , a tiny common denominator . 
mr president , i would first like to thank members because i find the debate of high quality . 
therefore , it is not at all not to the proclaiming , this is not a problem of transparency . 
indeed , the system of the rotation equal too , concerns the large countries that , at some time , could not have a commissioner , as the others . 
i believe that parliament will be witness the european union is is endowed with the institutional mechanisms improved which should him face up to a result of this development of the european union which unites us all . 
the vote will take place tomorrow . 
mr president , allow me to endorse the statement of mr van orden . 
i am absolutely opposed to this that anybody threat a minister invited , albeit turkish . 
of course we we must , within this house to european democracy , to guarantee the safety of all our guests and all who penetrates under our roof . 
the minister of health , on the grounds that the begin are not noxious and under the slogan ' soignons cancer by the marijuana " , has undermined human dignity in asking for the liberalization of drugs . 
this is , at the very least a bad way , not to say a snub , for our parliament , and - except to consider that meps have nothing to say on human rights , whereas they have just voted on by a very large majority the charter of fundamental rights , they will be lacking from this forum of the european union where , last year , they were many for dialogue with ngos and the institutions . 
we have said enough about this . 
in fact , the european parliament , as has the commission , was to opinion , already before amsterdam , that the ideal would be to have a vice-president of the commission which endosserait the dual role of the responsible in terms of foreign policy and high representative takes on an responsibility and the duty special relation to the council . 
as it did so before the summit feira by adopting a resolution 15 june , the european parliament , tomorrow , should vote on a text summarising its position on the eve of the nice council . 
the development of a european security and defence policy is an important relaunch of the european project and therefore requires the clarifies the existing institutional framework . 
in nice , the european council should approve several decisions , which , and i quote now . 
for the first debate , earlier this year , the commission will draw up a scoreboard , country by country , for the budget year past , showing the state of commitments , of disbursement and the amounts outstanding for the main programmes financed by the community budget and by the edf . 
we have worked on the question of regional cooperation , notion which provoquait some resistance on behalf of a country in this area , which do not want to be réenfermés in a past with which they were spent , and i think i can say that , thanks to this summit , they have realised that there were no contradiction between regional cooperation and their progress , the laws harmonised in relation to the european union , specifically through the stabilisation and association process which was confirmed and clarified in this opportunity . also 
there had been , before , a summit with india , under portuguese presidency and a ministerial meeting will take place with asean 
that is no reason for us discouraged . 
i would like to reiterate the variety : humanitarian aid , evacuation of nationals , prevention of conflict , but also separation at the strength of belligerent parties . 
it is based , of course , on the independence of decision by the european union and on acknowledgement of the voluntary character and political the commitments made . 
it has personnifié more than anyone else resolving conflicts in a region of the world than i know well and has benefited from the world recognition justified for his efforts . 
i do find it quite extraordinary coverage which have been the creation of this strength in the country i know best . 
i would like to thank mrs lalumière to have highlighted the report on conflict prevention that the commission is preparing with the high representative in the run-up to the european council of nice . 
thank you very much , commissioner patten . 
that will be , in my view , the real test for the european union . 
citizens ' impatient complain that the machine bureaucratic of the union is of a slowness inconceivable . 
but the citizens themselves also , must have access to information and documentation in a measure as widely as possible . 
the current proposals keep vagueness unwavering about what should be this role . 
with a european flag on your car , you pop everywhere , down to the more déshérité refugee camps . 
that is why , mr president , europe must , in my view , be decide to act . 
if we in europe we fail to play , regardless of the united states , a influential role in the solution to this conflict , there must not be either expect that we grants us confidence as ombudsmen in other trouble spots . 
that said , your personal commitment does not replace the democratic legitimacy of the common eu policy on security and defence . 
there are some points mrs lalumière 's report that i cannot accept . during the final vote on tomorrow , i shall vote against the report . 
the non-exploitation of this vast diverse range of instruments crisis prevention will be a mistake and in this respect , the explanations of the council that which human has already adopted resolutions and things will follow their course , i do not enough ! long-term 
as i am sure you understand , we are voting against the two reports and we are committed to unite all our forces against policy they express ... 
thirdly , as olaf palme the had one day suggested , we must create a corridor dénucléarisé of the baltic to the black sea . 
may i congratulate mrs lalumière on her report . 
the brok report also raises the post of high representative for the cfsp . 
i deplore the attitude of some of my colleagues - mr van orden and others - since i believe that my counterparts from the other shore of the irish sea have enormously to can contribute in this file : the tradition , experience and practice . 
the european parliament , in cooperation with national parliaments , is in our opinion the the obvious body for this purpose . 
i believe that the lessons of these recent events will somehow serve as when we accept the need to draw up a european defence policy and to build capabilities associated , which is , i believe just as important a component of european integration than is the single currency . 
i also think that the combination between these different ways is a property , is a possibility , specific to the european union and that the work we have before us , if this policy progressing and consolidated is to develop a true european culture of prevention and the treatment of conflicts . 
i believe that positive dialogue is going to develop . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the resignation of the commission , in march 1999 , revealed the need to reform its structures and working methods . 
the reform , if it can be defined by the high , must be clear and vulnerable to unions , to the whole staff , and that all staff is actually involved in this whole approach . 
this provision will take time , but it is unavoidable , and , central to the reform . 
reform of the commission is an act which is essential for the future of our institutions . 
on my report i was able to study not only the white paper , but also the second report of committee of independent experts and the resolution proposed by michiel van hulten , on the work of the committee of experts . taken by parliament on 19 january 
the court of auditors points out in its opinion that it is not opposed to the removal of ante visa , provided see this method replaced by other procedures which provide guarantees , at least equivalent and that different players of the speaker financial can be involved . 
in all places , the larger organisations become more open , more transparent ; they resort new means of use of information technology ; they diverge from of traditional forms of vertical organization but go to exchange information , both internally and with the other organizations . 
mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , despite its scope , the contents of the white paper presented by commissioner kinnock raises no directly from institutional matter . 
we have also discussed here this afternoon within the framework of the debate on the common foreign policy . 
finally , there is a need to address the thorny issue of the proposal retirement early . 
decentralisation financial control within each dg is an important step but that does succeed if the staff is properly formed . if the resources available are sufficient and if the responsibility frameworks hierarchical is applied properly . 
we must give the institution and to its director of actual possibilities to achieve the best possible management . 
as regards the disciplinary procedure we have here is also many promises but so far any rules clear , any clear statement on how these rules should be applied and even the issue of external is still not definitively settled . 
this transformation is indeed necessary to serve god to fair and cannot be inspired by rules . 
as for anything new which alters the situations established , clearly have to be handled very carefully . 
however , we will withdraw amendment no 6 and ask a split vote on the last part of amendment no 15 because we do not think that the system which apply within the ecb corresponds to the situation . 
in my last mandate in this parliament , the president of the commission was jacques delors and he was working together with the commissioner brittan and , before him , the commissioner cockfield . 
mr president , commissioners , ladies and gentlemen , it is with the justified expectations that we have monitored this reform . 
issues such as the bse crisis , the explosion in oil prices and the greenhouse effect contain a strong european dimension . 
the public must also have the impression that the commission is really accessible and transparent . 
for the european parliament the reform is a crucial issue on which it can be placed as the budgetary authority and legislative . 
this sets out a number important clear procedures enabling an official , by various channels , to complain of shortcomings potential within the institution which the employs and outside . 
therefore , i am sure we shall have the pleasure to listen to you in the future . 
allow me , mr garriga polledo is out to you quickly that categories of the financial perspectives are maintained . 
the reform must be supported and accepted by the staff of the commission . 
it seems to us that reform cosmetic at this time profound change . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , i would firstly like to highlight the quality of the own-initiative report by mrs sauquillo on reform of the commission and its impact on the effectiveness of eu relations with developing countries . 
we want more responsibility . 
before discussing aid in projects , we must try to remove all the causes of the exploitation , in seeking and in pursuing those in have benefited from , which have abused of communities living in need . 
it is precisely because mr nielson is loyal to this collective responsibility that he is defending undoubtedly this proposal this evening . 
it seems to us even more serious than in the commission 's proposal , the separation territorial be maintained . 
in 2001 for example , the financial responsibility will be déconcentrées towards 22 delegations , 15 delegations will acquire a updating of their plant computer and 40 additional posts of officials will be granted the external services . additional 
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but the erika , like the ievoli sun , were not vessels french . 
in fact , this subject there has been top of the agenda of the commission ever since the fatal shipwreck of the erika 11 months ago . 
we hope that the transport council of 21 december will make its stone in the building of the common resolve of the european institutions to really improve maritime safety by adopting a common position on all the three texts . we expect this is the case . 
i believe that we are not far , but we must ensure that this agreement will be applied . 
i understand and welcome the concern for the minister that we finissions as quickly as possible with these two reports , and therefore i judge positive in theory its proposal to what debating this issue in december . 
all this has allowed us to draw up a parliamentary report on the amendment of the directive which proposes improvements in various aspects leading to the strengthening of the system of classification , as a means and valid instrument to guarantee the safety of sea traffic . 
however , the legacy of the years when waste had simply dumped is here until our days and , sometimes comes back to haunt us , often with severe consequences . 
to this end , publication of information is essential because it is a means vital for the public to information , as are the is , inter alia , the establishment of telephone numbers emergency . 
i expect a great deal from the second raft of proposals and creating a european maritime safety agency . 
you comment seems to me respectable , but we can only negotiate to results that have been examined the council . 
we know that the port state control was not store of maritime safety . we know that all classification societies do not effectuaient their control technical in a proper way , serious , but rather of bâclée way . 
we should not that the credibility that we seek to restore to be jeopardised by bad behaviour by the part of the commission . 
which does not deal with these responsibilities must remain outside our waters and of our ports . 
the watts report increases the measures against ships hazardous serious or under flags of convenience without deleting these flags . 
i am pleased that the commission 's proposals were restored the main requests made by the elected of the coastline french : phasing-out of single-hull tankers , strengthening controls in ports , and assessment classification societies . 
i also share its plan to an incentive to enforce the enregistreurs data recorder . 
the guarantees of navigabilité of a ship require important measures about the societies responsible and to the inspection , as has already been said . 
in short , the measures are permissive to bring the safety liked . this is bad for men . 
everyone talks about it and i think entirely justified that the 25 % today required for this port state control have still not achieved . 
is no longer the time to simple compromise that some moreover prédisent quite difficult to achieve . 
as regards the classification company , i would like to take this opportunity - it also has my task - emphasise a point important : the central point of the current discussions seems to stand on accountability . 
with regard to controls port , we must make the regulation even more severe . 
the lax attitude of big business is the sign that they are more powerful than the elected institutions . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the question of the safety of ships , and therefore the security of individuals and the protection of the environment , are certainly of great gravity . 
the reports presented go in this direction . 
we agree with the imposition of a limit for the damage personal or the deaths and material , leaving the member states the opportunity to meet these limits . 
the new technologies and the improvements in the design of vessels play into this field a decisive role also . 
we must make progress towards a consensus on the highest possible level of regulation and of maritime safety . 
i am pleased to announce that the commission will support many amendments submitted within the scope of these three reports . 
the commission can accept amendments nos 6 , 7 and 8 but it cannot only partly accept amendment no 1 . 
the imo normally has formally adopt the timetable for decommissioning at its meeting of april . 
the commission 's task is for its part to confirm that the classification society continues to fulfil the criteria quality set in the directive ; the commission conducting also a follow-up with performance classification societies . 
the commission appreciate the support spoken in favour of the ceiling original . 
once again , the accident demonstrates the urgency to adopt community measures strengthened , prevention and rehabilitation , for the protection of our seas . 
mr turco , i have noted your message and i will have to think about . 
that is in principle positive . concerning the other two reports , i.e. the report on the classification bureaux and the report on port controls , there are different points of view , and parliament is that which has the approach the most rigorous on most questions . 
madam president , i would like to put a proposal in order to alter the amendment in this way , so that he starts by these words : ' urges in this respect , the council and the commission " . 
report ( a5-0329 / 2000 ) by mr pomés ruiz , on behalf of the committee on budgetary control , on the white paper on reforming the commission ( the aspects which refer to the committee on budgetary control ) ( com ( 2000 ) 0200 - c5-0445 / 2000 - 2000 / 2215 ( cos ) ) 
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impunity capital is strengthened by the privatisation of classification societies and past in the hands of shipowners , and by the absence of a genuine control on the part of the national authorities , or by the complicity of these . 
that is why it is good that the rapporteurs watts , vachetta and mr piétrasanta tried loopholes which still remaining in the commission 's proposal . 
liability in the establishment of the measures is based in this way on the member states . 
tankers monocoque cannot continue to steer here if elsewhere their disappearance after 2005 , 2010 or 2015 . 
however , mr hatzidakis makes proposals which restrict those of the commission . 
the promotion of a regulation strictest in the international level must remain a fundamental objective of our maritime safety policy . 
it is particularly important to emphasise that the principle which is to charging polluter should be fully implemented . 
this community action must be coupled with an rekindling of the imo , given a real power police to apply the code ism , would be an effective instrument , in the style of europol . 
both that money spent on that violation rules will be lower than those of respect for these , companies wishing to reaping a maximum benefit will want to continue to make the wrong choice . 
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instead of drawing certain human rights and social rights upwards , the charter will facilitate operations designed to draw the downwards . 
unfortunately , this concept seems to me quite absent proposals for a resolution . 
if , as very much , i have sometimes pity that the prime minister , lionel jospin has little expressed during this six-month period ' because of coexistence ' , i know the strong impetus he has given us in constantly on its ministers and i want to say . 
this area social , the proposals are very timid and do not help either to content effective the commitments made at the lisbon summit , specifically of the need to strengthen economic and social cohesion . 
that is why a decision on the development of the eu is should be taken if it risk of keep the citizens of europe . 
the british want for reform makes europe more responsible and more effective . 
this text takes pretext of the future ( and increasingly distant ) enlargement calling for the strengthening of an system already getting to breath . 
now , the torchon are not only between the larger ' and the ' small ' , it burns also between big business . 
. ( sv ) we believe welcomes the report , which refers to many trends essential of the development of the common foreign and security policy , and we are supporting it . 
like every year , this report ritual of the european parliament , devoted in principle to annual assessment of the cfsp , the method well-known to changes progressive which stipulate , from a rift of federalist nature achieved in a particular issue to be seeking continually in extend it , disregarding the treated like human decisions of the european councils . contains fact 
in bavardant with me , it has course that is being to organise a military force of european states , a force ready to intervene for the preservation of peace in europe and in its parages . 
furthermore , it is not the job of the european parliament to define the ability should have a european rapid reaction force and if , in this connection , the scope of must be sea and air . 
conflicts which will arise in the future will not be resolved by military intervention , but through a policy which aims to social justice , economic and ecological . 
we are completely opposed to this european army , just like in nato and our own national army . 
the wording directives , for example , concerning the cfsp and nato , seem to me to go much too far , where it refers to use the ' threat to employment in the force ' as a means of pressure in the actions of conflict prevention , which violates directly to the united nations charter . 
ten years after the upheavals which have shaken europe , the ' european project of peace ' which are of concern to these reports is , under we very bad signal being sent to candidate countries . 
only six of these paragraphs contain of the sections addressing the subject . 
unfortunately , an of the goals is quite clear to exceed national laws on abortion or even to condemn or to eliminate the religious traditions opposed to abortion . 
if they were informed , tens of thousands of women capita concerned the european union would no doubt happy to learn that we are today on a regulations concerning work at home in the economy informally . 
mrs smet proposes in particular that be drawn up a definition 's european domestic work . 
the needs in domestic work should be taken into account when drawing up legislation on employment . 
they have paid their pension contributions to the various national governments , which the have made disappear as their speedy of clever prestidigitateurs . 
finally , the group union for a europe of nations remind you forcefully that the citizens of the european union expect more than ever that the measures for reform and the recrutements are reflected by taking due account of the diversity opinions and convictions expressed in our countries . 
as regards human resources , the merit agents and greater transparency on staff policy in general must become the focuses of the new administrative reform . 
on the occasion of this declaration of vote , i should like to insist and to express the fact that parliament does have unfortunately not all the powers that it should have . 
i should like to end under point of order . 
indeed , mr barón crespo , the new are contradictory . 
this is not a wish of the socialist group . 
that is precisely why we are in difficulty : it is an important summit and all that we will say we will . 
i should mention that the commission will meet tomorrow afternoon so , first of all , is to seek to understand those conclusions of the intergovernmental conference . 
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i should be grateful to take on board this request . 
and i must condemn the message : this is little of days , one of those who comply with hunger strike in support the prisoners to was murdered in rotterdam by a commando of ' grey wolves ' . 
there would , of course , have not been unnecessary if the council had granted in june greater attention - or her attention , simply - to our recommendation for the first reading and in the amended proposal by the european commission , which abondait towards us . 
thirdly , we must decide whether the measures that we approve indeed will help to improve the functioning of the internal market and if they must be proportional to the proposed objective . 
the second concern , by nature , has incentives to make the interdependence between the harmonised market protecting the health and , in following strictly to the indications arising from grounds on which the court of justice has recently cancelled the advertising directive . only a reading biased of these motives may lead to the conclusion that these two aspects are incompatible . actual legal by against still closer 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , 80 of the new variant of cjd and europe , its council of ministers , the commission , parliament decide to ban animal meal and the non-entrée of aged over 30 months in the food chain without test beforehand . horse case fatal in europe 
we believe that it is normal that article 95 is the basis of this directive , with article 133 , that the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy proposes now in amendment no 1 . 
according to the court , a total ban on tobacco advertising cannot be justified on behalf of a successful single market . 
as regards the information such as ' low tar ' , ' mild ' and ' light ' , i remain convinced that these are deceptive and i am therefore against the amendments tabled 10 and 30 . 
i would like to also talk about requirement in the treaties . 
the rapporteur , mr maaten , has proposed , on common sense , to strengthen this legal basis with a reference to a different article , article 133 on the foreign trade policy , and has also proposed a series of changes of certain articles to avoid that this directive is contested in light of the case-law established by the judgment of the court of justice . 
i regret that within the commission on legal affairs and the internal market , some people have taken position by claiming that the refusal of the court of justice about the ban on advertising tobacco products dashes in some way this directive . 
indeed , as a member of the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy , i had the attention firmly tempted by various groups in pressure on the need to regulate more strictly the presentation and sale of tobacco products in europe . 
however , and this is the climax , i do not see in this directive no provision aimed at banning tobacco growing within the community , even as for a country like greece , tobacco grown is so strong that under this directive , it would be criminal to use it to production . 
we must also thank mr byrne for the clarity with which he has explained the legal basis . 
over half a million people die needlessly every year in the union consequences of smoking , the number is doomed to increase if we do not take action now . 
in my opinion , this legal basis is not at all acceptable either , that is why it is justified and unions , that companies and that my colleagues conjure up on this subject prevent job losses . 
i would like to see the option of warning by the photographs clauses that provides for the advertising of list of ingredients , research at european level , the measures health promotion to help children not to smoking and not to be dependent on tobacco , of the tar , and the nicotine . adopt 
this willingness to compromise was also present in the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy . 
as i understand of amendment no , the waiver would apply to article 3 , i.e. the content tar , nicotine and carbon monoxide . 
but in view of the nature general of the directive , we cannot separate the from one another , and so we should exercise of strictness everywhere . 
the creation of warnings of a size for some major packages would be a balanced solution . 
finally , 54 amendments to the total , have been submitted in the report , and i have the pleasure of informing you that the commission can accept 33 , either totally or partly . 
the main argument in favour of these amendments and of a report at the end of a period of five years touch by case that the enlargement of the european union , which , just after the nice summit , is quite appropriate and appropriate . 
summertime seems in final go hand in hand with a quality of life more the positive effects of the period of summer-time the driven largely on the disturbances passengers connected with changes same . 
summertime is not the bottleneck remains very important for our common europe . 
a single control by the commission after five years is enough . 
we also need to take into account the standards that are affecting the producers of computers and tachograph electronic and timetables and to agendas . 
madam president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , medical research , necessary for patients , must be approved fast and non-bureaucratic in consideration however to meticulously respect ethical boundaries and by protecting to minimise the participants in a clinical trial against abuse . 
this is an important distinction which we make in our report . 
therefore , even if certain points in contestation with the council remain i should remind you that the result that we seek to obtain by the adoption of this directive , is the fruit of a lengthy and fruitful work done by mr liese , our rapporteur , whom i thank and congratulate on her approach participatory and constructive and by the council which stated that he is cooperative and open the amendments which the committee on the environment has adopted at second reading . compromise 
i am thinking especially of research in the fight against cancer , but there are many others . 
unfortunately , despite the measures taken in this area of new threats and new diseases are emerging and that often existing medicinal products are not enough to deal with them . it is up to the community medical to look for modern means and more efficient to respond to these challenges . 
the vote will take place tomorrow at 12 p.m . 
what has been agreed with the council and the committee , and indeed with the committee on the environment of parliament , for not having of second reading and can continue smoothly these programmes avoiding hiatus , is to extend two years to the four programmes , as requested by the commission , but of allocating the appropriations so that , if in the meantime , the new programme on health is adopted and comes into force , the extension and resources for the second year are not needed . per year of 
in general , it is high time that the member states are attach to leave to the european union , and on a question legitimately supranational , a greater margin for manoeuvre and a budget otherwise result , diseases , they , know no frontiers . 
international organisations such as europol believe that imports drug in the european union are in fact increasing . 
public health is national policy and must remain so . 
the next item is the debate on the report ( a5-0355 / 2000 ) by mrs cerdeira morterero , on behalf of the committee on freedoms and rights of citizens , of justice and internal affairs , on the initiative of the portuguese republic with regard to the adoption of a framework decision on the status of victims in criminal proceedings framework ( 9650 / 2000 - c5-0392 / 2000 - 2000 / 0811 ( cns ) ) . 
another international initiative is the un declaration on basic principles of justice relating to the victims of crime and the victims of abuse of power , adopted under of the resolution 40 / 34 of the un general assembly , on 29 november 1985 . 
you may remember debates on the di pietro report which took place a while ago in this house . 
this initiative covers three fundamental aspects : the right of the victim to information , access to justice and the right to compensation for damage caused . 
the key element anything , however , , in my opinion , in the fact that finally being taken conscience , at union level too , to the need to modify the point of view by means of which it considers intervention state towards offences . 
the member states should be required to create special police units for the victims of crime . 
italy has demanded several times the extradition of this man , who has committed various murder , to france , a country where lojacono can move freely in order that he can finally serving out his sentence . 
in terms of crime , the victim must always be placed a great concern . 
as you remarked , the draft framework decision contains three types of measures different : firstly , it stop minimum rules regarding the rights of victims ; secondly , it stop specific rules whose aim is to take account of the position of individual victims of offences in a member state which is not their state of origin ; thirdly , it encourages states to take measures help the victims . 
it is already working on support networking at european level of national bodies to assist the victims in order to secure a appropriate treatment the victims , particularly to those which lie not in the country where the offence took place . 
approval of the minutes of the previous sitting 
mr varela , chairman of the committee on fisheries , capable on the substance , has the floor again . 
well bravo ! 
in the trialogue of last tuesday , we still have made a last adjustment by the common declaration of the council and parliament . 
we have managed then be solution for the 2001 budget . 
we must reflect on internal how in the field of the promotion policy , we transformerons the current requirements in a transparent procedure . 
we asked the name of that island and were told : ' it is the innommable ' . 
the council has therefore made its second reading of the budget taking into account of agreements with parliament 's delegation , with the concern of constantly vote a budget which will allow to finance all priorities of the european union and which corresponds to the needs real and to the effective capacity to implement the appropriations . 
the third important element in this second reading by the council concerns the agreement reached on the allocation for the programme " spirit of enterprise ' which continuing and complements the programme " initiative jobs ' for the period 2001 to 2005 . 
more generally , i would like to emphasise that the budgetary procedure which is due to expire in a few days has shown the whole point of the interinstitutional agreement of 6 may 1999 . 
the discussions were sometimes tight , but they were always relevant and are based on of trade permanent , they have enabled us better understand one another , thus find more easily agreement , which i hope satisfactory for all . 
it is vital that no country in the balkans receives do now - because of the democratisation underway in serbia - less aid that what had been planned by the recent events in that country . 
indeed , the continued use , two years of , continuation of the flexibility instrument can be regarded wrongly in my opinion , as a form of revision of the financial perspective . 
the council we stated today that it is prepared to increase payments of 3.5 % . 
i thank in particular the council and the commission for this decision . 
mr president , i also wish to thank mrs haug for the excellent work she has done . 
i have the impression that , to put it simply , flexibility and it is for small amounts and the revision , for the significant amounts , but we will see these next few years how this will develop . 
we are now in a situation of paying decide whether we can approve or not the budget next thursday . we must therefore of course examine this budget closely . 
but the interinstitutional agreements between the three institutions are also a great good . they should give us a common security in planning . 
the problems increasing basically refer to unemployment and to the bse crisis and the stability pact in the balkans . 
madam president , ladies and gentlemen of the european parliament , i am very pleased to be among you today to set out the evaluation of the french presidency of the union and also for measure progress in recent months . 
we had promised : there is no leftovers of nice . 
it concerns the procedure of closer cooperation which has been widely facilitated in the first and third pillars . 
this is both a huge challenge and also a historic step towards reunification of our continent . 
thanks to this charter our union reinforced , and better assured values of dignity , freedom and of solidarity which the based . 
and a few weeks ago , this is the chemical tanker , ievolu sun , which is abîmait almost channel islands . 
we set ourselves targets , they have been achieved . 
madam president , ladies and gentlemen of the european parliament , the next six months , i feel able to say today , will have seen our union be strengthened in preparing for receiving new members , to gather the family now that we are assured of operate whole and is also reinforce in the heart of our fellow citizens on the ground , that of growth and employment , the principle of solidarity , that of the safety and conserving the european social model ; be strengthened and gain in hearing on the international stage . values 
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that is inevitable given the approach followed , but the result is particularly disappointing : one , because it leads to make the qualified majority more difficult to achieve , and , therefore , the blocking easier , while the logic should have been the contrary true in a union is broadening ; 
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at the same time , the declaration on enlargement - which is positive initiative , states that the candidate countries will be able to join the union at the end of the year 2002 , and the heads government of the countries currently negotiating applauded nice . we must nonetheless make one thing in account that it is as when children invite their friends to a birthday and that they are not aware if he has enough room home and if there is money at the bite . 
the ambition of nice was most important european ambition of a summit for many years . 
madam president , mr president of the republic , mr president of the commission , ladies and gentlemen , the verdict of my group is serious for the fifteen after the spectacle that they have given to europeans , probably médusés to measure on this occasion , and what is really part of the vision municipality , in the spirit of solidarity , of mutual trust of the main eu leaders . gavel-to-gavel little instigating 
for all spirit thorough , and they are annonciateurs of the very serious consequences which we led the draft federal europe to 27 or 28 member states . 
you would also like , mr president , to stress that post nice , france seems a new time as an singularly loser . 
madam president , mr president , the group europe of democracies and diversities regret that the presidency has not given following the message which it was sent from july last . 
many people do not see still the finishing line towards which the european union must bring them . 
there therefore also has a limit which must be appreciated . 
i think they do not reflect just our view of these three groups , but also that of the other groups , who were not able sign the motives for technical . 
and it is desirable promoting the development of medicinal products in the community for it is possible to make to patients increased opportunities to benefit from treatment productive . 
i congratulate my colleague mary honeyball of his first report for the european parliament . 
to our surprise , mr fatuzzo has the floor , and i look forward to know what pensioner he met and what he said ! 
the victim needs to be treated as person before meet a situation of conscientious and destitution - factors that are probably even more acute if the person is victim in another member state than his own . 
the next item is the continuation of the joint debate on : 
it has been discouraging to see focus the discussion on the question as to whom one more voice or a ' voice of least to it could do germany or of france , of the netherlands or belgium , portugal or of spain . 
we are delighted that a new method is put in place , and we hope that , behind this hope , which is writing with the possibility of closer cooperation , europe will continue to make progress , that it will be capable of formulating a constitution which will reinvigorate to our citizens the hope in this fantastic project that is the european enterprise for tomorrow . 
the future member states who are preparing for accession will also follow the example of egoism given by the present member states . 
some people are in congratulate more than others , but the basic message is clear : europe can now grow together in a european union democratic and enlarged , which will be , thanks to the treaty of nice , close to the citizens . 
the individual interests dominate . 
and found agreement in the nick of time on the treaty , we avoided a overt crisis which would have called enlargement in question , but we can speak of a crisis latent , that there is now has settle . 
i do not believe that it is more realistic to fighting for reaffirm its own national pride that to the effectiveness of the operation of the union , and i do not think that the citizens of europe have directed at mass to follow those beatings of flibusterie conducted at nice by their governments . 
and what wonderful plan , all the same eleven years after the fall of the berlin wall ! 
at the time , they were to do this for half of europe , and now we have do this for the whole of europe . 
the obstacle institutional can no longer be invoked after nice . 
firstly , the institutional imbalance : very much for the council and little to the commission and parliament . 
this method has proved its time . 
the consequences for europe would have been absolutely unfathomable . 
for example , you know that at the beginning of the european union , the blocking minority can set up so-called two larger ' countries , and today it in must three . 
the stepping-stones come forward , enlargement is possible , the european parliament will have its place in the debate , in the deepening trails and ideas . 
the public good european , and no one is repository - mr moscovici has right here - can be based on the sum of the national interests which meet and is neutralisent and , in this regard , prime minister verhofstadt , had a message salutary in this respect . 
we have recommended their ratification . 
i personally believe that the re-weighting of votes must take account of the population , like the european parliament , and should have been make within the council also . 
but nice , mr president , is not the little way , but the starting point of a new stage involving many challenges . 
i would like to come back to what has been already referred several time here today . 
though it seems to indeed that it proved possible to avoid paralysis total for the future european union enlarged , ambitions of the french presidency were unable to reflected in the new draft treaty . 
as far as i am concerned , mr president , i find it downright that nice deserves the reference inadequate . 
i do not know if the commission will respond to the end of this debate , but i wonder , in the absence of the council , if the commission is as sure that in 2004 , the european parliament will have members ' czechs , hungarian and polish and members baltic . 
we have not concealed the need to continue , with the same force and the same determination as we had before nice , on the road of enlargement to achieve our goal , namely the greatest encounter with history that parliament and the commission are for the next few years . 
on the other hand , and above all , the problem of financing the balkans remains for the years to come . 
i wanted to to congratulate the rapporteurs , president of the committee on budgets , the commission , the council and the presidency for the work that has been done , for the signing of this agreement which will enable us to vote for the budget of the year 2001 . 
it is also good that additional resources have been made available of small and medium-sized enterprises , which are the main employers . 
in football , we parlerait of a match nil . 
precisely because we have a budget and because we have reached agreement in conciliation , we should not delude ourselves that all our problems have been settled . 
this importance is just not of nowhere but of the treaties , although the council has sometimes difficult for the acknowledge . 
these rules must be attended by a commitment from the college of commissioners towards a fair distribution and effective human and material resources for the management of various policies , i.e. the political priority parliament and the priority of handling the commission must coincide . 
so it is a same task of europe that contributing to the security and in the regeneration of the environment . 
there is much talk post-nice . 
you have of course reason to go back always to this question . 
there are no more fear of an military attack or of a expansion possible for a dictatorial regime . 
it watching well , we find the russia lies in the budget for significantly at the same level as morocco , or a few more high , and i do not believe that this is normal . 
it is very dangerous that europeans becoming more dependent on russia in terms logistical . 
and a programme such as tacis has only a very limited effect in this context , not to say that it is only one drop of water in the ocean . 
the birth rate reduction , death rate increases and the net loss the number of inhabitants has a million people per year . 
mr putin itself , and we would do less well that mr putin , says that the question the future status of the chechnya is not the main question . 
what becomes russia , its people , its society , their is irrelevant . 
mr president , the european union approved in recent years a number of documents which concern russia and which are a good basis for closer relations with the republic of russia . 
and then what means the freedom for the chechen people ? 
it will be in a second stage to arrive at the regard for the laws . economic progress contributing also about this stabilization , the fourth stage is to see the characteristics of a civil society . 
but this is an excellent report which , as the common strategy itself , underlines the importance that we accord to relations - the strategic partnership - between the european union and russia . 
this means that we must concentrate our efforts on key areas such as the environment - several speakers referred to - , nuclear safety , the enclave of kaliningrad itself and improving coordination between the different financial resources . 
we must avoid the mistake that a member mentioned earlier , that was made at the beginning of the last century , when russia was not participating in the european affairs after the revolution léniniste of 1917 . we know that the consequences of this will be disastrous . 
as you know , the council adopted a common position on the revision of directive 90 / 220 / ec . 
i therefore think that it is on this side that you can find the response to the from your questions . 
so i am perfectly willing to propose that this debate is taking place : simply , we need to choose the framework most appropriate . 
i have not of information precise enough for me to respond to your supplementary question . 
it surely it would not tell us that he has not of precise information in this area ! 
the council reminds the honourable member the conclusions that it adopted at its meeting on 19 may 1998 concerning fraud in the sectors of alcohol and tobacco . 
all the member states have confirmed their willingness to step up the fight against fraud , both within the than in their relations . 
the european union has indicated on several occasions absolute respect that it attaches to the right of asylum . 
in this respect , the partnership agreement acp-communauté european signed in cotonou in june 2000 provides that the community will ensure at the latest by 2005 access in frankness rights for essentially all products from the ldcs . 
i remind you that the presidency is not here to express the opinions of this or that , that this is not of this or that government , but to express that that are , in a moment ' x ' , just a moment t ' , the position of council . ' 
a system of achat-destruction will be put in place for these cattle not tested , so to compensate farmers the price of market . 
the french presidency from the outset has had the concern to allow a european answer to this crisis which is a food crisis , a crisis of society and a health crisis . 
under the barcelona process , algeria has endorsed a number of principles of which that of respect of the rule of law . 
- as i have already had an opportunity - a few weeks ago , to present a few thoughts on the preparation of the special session of the un general assembly devoted to the follow-up to the world summit on children who in september 2001 . 
subject : obligations of turkey in the framework of its partnership agreement with the european union under the commission proposal on the partnership agreement between the european union and turkey , the council is called upon to re-examine the situation of the disputes outstanding , having regard to consequences for the accession process , in particular , in the order to promote their solution by calling on the international court of justice , for the end of the year 2004 at the latest . 
the council , as part of the partnership which he have spoken about , will it approach this question with the turkish government ? 
respecte-t-on the rights of defence , and mutual recognition are contribuera-t-elle ? 
furthermore , it is for each member state to take the decision national , sovereign to recruit or not the national armed forces in the operation . 
subject : importance of the tax for the functioning of the internal market the president of the commission , mr prodi , has recently insured in an article of november of the financial times that it does not wish of fiscal harmonization or tax rates common in the european union by just saying that the tax rates is of the national parliaments and must remain so ' . ' 
questions 23 to 32 will be replied to in writing . 
the stabilisation and association agreement of the european union and the republic of croatia timely . 
mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i begin by congratulating mr baltas on his report and particularly on the speed with which it has producing this report . it is important to react quickly following the changes in croatia , including mrs stenzel have spoken about . 
development in this area has particularly valuable . 
in 1991-1992 , with over 250 000 croats have thus been driven out of krajina , of slavonie western and eastern slavonie . 
there is no doubt that this year is an important day for south-eastern europe . 
i do not think we can talk about a meagre balance sheet for one year . 
it is up to us on one important point and we can , i hope , count on your support when we come back you formally consulting once the agreement negotiated . 
the reaction of opposition to the wahid government are many and the process seems to stagnate . 
of heads papous are still imprisoned too . 
we also call on the european commission to follow this guideline . 
the terms of the communication from the commission which dates back to the beginning of the year are therefore justified , even if they were characterised by a certain euphoria associated certainly of these changes . 
justice which is not done and the refugee camps which is éternisent are spaces of confrontation between the powers old and new in indonesia , they demonstrate of the fragility of the democratisation process . 
the situation the most worrying is that of moluccas , where the jihad fighters enjoy room for manoeuvre unacceptable . 
the irian jaya is also victim migration policy . 
we must of choose the priorities , we cannot interfere with the problem essential respect for democracy and human rights , which must be clearly a priority policy of our relations with indonesia . environmental matters , social , economic 
this resolution states decisively that the irian jaya is part of indonesia . 
the situation has is certainly much better and we must encourage president wahid , but very serious problems remain . 
surely it is unacceptable that tens of thousands of refugees est-timorais remain of the hostages at the mercy of bandits armed which , on the pretext of patriotisme indonesian , are trying to get away with without pay up for their criminal past . 
it intends on account of its size : this is the fourth countries of the world 's population . it intends because of its economic dimension , due to its role at the level of the region and , finally , because of its environmental impact . 
that is why we must combine the means and instruments policemen , administrative and criminal both among member states and at eu level . 
( the president cut the speaker off ) 
mrs schreyer , you have several times said that , as commissioner for the fight against fraud , you thought that it was especially your duty to guarantee the independence of olaf . 
that is the very construction of a financial administration at european level which creates the problems seen the wrong design of models school-milk european taxpayers ' money in the context of so-called " community " ; furthermore , these models are , in many cases , not desired . 
i should like there able to congratulate the rapporteur , a person that i appreciate and that i greatly admire as an individual and political , to his report . unfortunately , i am unable to do so . 
the report concerns the protection of the community 's financial interests and the way in which we should settle this issue . that is the main points . 
for lack of time , i will confine myself to a brief presentation of these points . 
the debate is closed . 
the legislation exists european to protect firms against the effects of such a mismanagement and the commission has now undertaken to put in place its own regulations to ensure the speed payments . 
we have other mechanisms at our disposal to reveal to light those cases of fraud previous who were been ignored far . 
mrs schreyer , you have just referred the council by saying that one member state is is opposed to the establishment of a european prosecutor . 
also , i believe that this regulation a question of way very sensible in symbol to the court of auditors what he expects precisely of these reports . 
neither the commission nor the member states can no longer shirk their responsibility and in particular will reject each other . 
he said in all honesty , regretting so be it . 
the involvement of the commission and the court of auditors in the drafting of this report has been an approach very useful and , i believe , a very deliberate from you . 
you can see in my speech which it seems to me interesting to deepen the debate on these proposals to see how strengthen the responsibilities in this area . 
the first lacking important to this text is the absence of minimum harmonisation . 
i therefore believe that article 4 must also be improved . 
in the single market , investors , whether of private investors , of companies or of pension funds , should be able to exercise their prerogatives of shareholders the benefit of firms in which they invest and for themselves . 
we cannot close our eyes faced with the reality : a acquisition of actions is supplemented with restructuring , to staff , redundancies and so on . 
that said , what effect may indeed the amendments we are tabling as a parliament ? 
what should be the concern dominant of legislation governing the acquisitions ? that is the principle on which we diviserons perhaps tomorrow . 
it should however be easier to resolve the question of deciding what the authority responsible for supervision . 
the rapporteur 's amendments generate a confusion around the litigation , and we should not vote in favour of the confusion with regard to potential disputes . 
on this directive is power defend it very strongly before the millions of people of my country and the millions of people who have different pension plans and savings based on a thing i would like to takeover investment on the stock market . 
this procedure which already exist in several other member states , is of course the field of takeover bids , but it extends even more and could perhaps be more studied in detail in the framework of the general review of company law proposed by the commission . 
finally , i would like to remind you that this is a framework directive , in accordance with the wishes expressed earlier that this parliament . 
the resale right is the right incessible and inalienable of artists creators of receive a revenue side from the resale of their works . 
there is firstly lobbyists uk who fear the disappearance of jobs . 
the compromise adopted by the council does thus more than a watered-down version of the initial proposal by the commission , broadly accepted by the european parliament at first reading . 
i also count on the support of the commission , at least for one of the three jumbo points of contention . 
we are talking here also of the vitality and competitiveness for art market in europe . 
in another case , the picture was very certainly sold addition , with america for example . 
this amendment , however , is not acceptable that in part . 
competition of postal services 
that is my proposal , mr savary . 
first : we must ensure that we obtain reasonable prices for postal services . secondly , we have to ensure impose quality requirements mean for these services and thirdly , to ensure the provision of a postal service generalised across the european union . 
the legal affairs committee was more stringent as regards the limit prices for services reserved to provider of universal service , but its proposal concerning the weight limit at 150 grams is the same and it rejects the limit from 50 grammes planned by the proposed directive . 
finally , it is not acceptable another date of liberalisation both that there will be not prior evaluation . 
you know how the matter is complicated ; it contains in particular to the brakes ideological , put sometimes on both sides . 
even if some in this parliament are perhaps in a position to approve these proposals , force is see that they would have been devastating on postal services of the european union . 
these proposals would lead also to the closure of small post offices rural , whose survival depends on the postal services . 
if we continue to this rate , we must almost a century to complete this open the market for postal services in europe . 
madam president , i wish to make three points . 
in examining this new directive , we need to be clear on one specific point . 
it is not so , and it must not be . 
in a situation of fair competition , the monopolistes can demonstrate that they understand their areas . 
but if grandmother welcomes to receive a factor nice englishmen , which is also one of the requirements of a postal service of quality , it must not be attrister but , instead be happy . 
those who are badly prepared in a negotiation those which do not present the opinion sought since 1997 about the consequences , those who argue on a plan ideological - we cannot achieve the objectives pursued precisely by you that if we liberalising , liberalising , liberalising - , must not be surprised if fall on the nose ! 
mr bolkestein , the commission is guardian of the treaties . 
in other words , it is as if we calculait average income of the billionaire and the mediocre , which may perhaps give a figure satisfactory , but cannot be regarded as socially acceptable , clearly because of the existence of the mediocre . 
times have changed , mr simpson . 
governments which are at the origin were not socialists but conservative or liberals . 
as soon as the proposal was presented by the commission , i immediately known that it would never be accepted in its original version . 
because if we all agree on the principle of openness and of deregulation , it is equally that the pace is important . 
the effects of the first directive are not made public because the consequences are obvious : job losses and deterioration of working conditions , inequality of functioning of the public service in the whole , particularly in the countryside and working class neighbourhoods . 
the commission 's proposal provides for gradual opening of this sector and , in my opinion , aspiring to an improvement of these services and price more competitive . 
what is key to the development sector of direct marketing . 
i appeal directly to the british conservatives . 
let me say this to year post : if this compromise is accepted , you will have what blow a little . 
we now only have to be hoped that one day we know exceed the situations gained , and overcome the corporatismes selfish for achieve real progress in europe . 
only 3 % of the market for correspondence has been liberalised . 
it will be overtaken by technology and boudé by consumers who believe that they do not have as for their money . 
for help them , it is essential that we introduce real competition , in a controlled way and progressively associated with a timetable which is predetermined . 
concerning the amendments 60 and 61 , i support the principle of completion of the internal market at a later date , to determine within a reasonable period . 
the commission will set out the same view and the council will make a statement on the proposal from the commission as him think is good . 
nonetheless , parliament must now decide . 
my second report will be a long first and calls the amendments voted by the plenary . 
it is true , commissioner , that we do have some reservations and objections . 
mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , first i want to congratulate the rapporteur , mr dary which us was made comment on the reform , its history and its synthetic , that i am not going repeat . 
it exists in a number of particular regions of the community , the outermost regions , been trapped in a series of difficulties to be compete in the markets and which one of the few products is precisely bananas . 
this organisation discouraged rather in chaos the extent that it seeks to institute rules which we align ourselves all . 
it is no exaggeration to say that this issue is , amongst those which have aroused the greatest attention of all the institutions . 
we have to continue to give without complex to these producers the resources to live by buying priority in their production . 
mr president , the rapporteur deserves our thanks and of the sympathy for having handled this difficult report . 
similarly , i thank the presidents of the political groups in this parliament which have adopted the persistence and the members ' for that this proposal for reform of the banana sector will be discussed today in this house , so that we can submit our opinion required and be ready for the meeting of the council of ministers of agriculture will be held shortly and start the year 2001 with a new reform of the com in bananas . obstinacy outermost regions 
there has been much discussion here of the so-called unanimity within the committee on agriculture and rural development around the report by mr dary . 
ladies and gentlemen , i have the honour of informing you of the presence among us of a parliamentary delegation korean in the official gallery . 
this support has given to the council a positive decision for media- . 
report ( a5-0377 / 2000 ) by mr trakatellis , on behalf of the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy on the proposal for european parliament and council decision prorogeant some action programmes in the field of public health adopted by the decisions 645 / 96 / ec , 646 / 96 / ec , 647 / 96 / ec , 102 / 97 / ec , 400 / 97 / ec and 1296 / 1999 / ec and amending these decisions ( com ( 2000 ) 448 - c5-0400 / 2000 - 2000 / 0192 ( cod ) ) community 
mr president , i would simply like to take this opportunity to point out , referring to the explanations of commissioner last night at 00.05 a.m. , that amendment no 1 commits the commission . 
( parliament accepted the oral amendment ) 
amendment no 2 : 
parliament had a duty to come back to it and to restore the majority of these amendments - as regards the size of the warning , the inclusion of ingredients , consumer protection and particularly young people . 
is there , for some members , two categories of people : the europe we are safeguards and as is endangers for economic reasons ? 
i would particularly like to explain why i voted against the export ban of tobacco products beyond of a certain level of tar / nicotine from the eu and supported the amendments which aimed to increase this limit . 
madam president , i would agree with the radical proposal to use images to illustrate the damage which the cigarette can cause to health , as is the case in canada . 
i think that is positive , even if i would like to - and i take this opportunity to say this - that being spent more to prevention of diseases . 
i would have preferred that this provision is to be translated into a regulation , which would be better for an issue for citizens throughout the whole of the european union . 
the amendments that mr zimmerling has proposed will a fatal blow to the vitality of the european market art with the loss of jobs and , i fear , very few of living artists which will benefit from this right resale . 
. ( nl ) it is receives my thank mr zimmerling for the work he has put into this difficult . 
i am therefore obliged to vote against this directive . 
and the agreement stabilisation and association , the cards programme and the european investment bank cannot possibly be the principal instruments of the european union 's contribution the economic and social development of croatia . 
the indonesian government and the army have a duty obvious to protect the safety and the lives of people , whatever their religious affiliations . 
that is why we must create as quickly as possible instruments capable of fight more effectively against fraud involving community 's financial interests . 
this would make the eu an area single legal for tests , the prosecution , the trial and the executions of sentences for this kind of crime . 
we seem to sometimes have lost sight of this element . 
amendments nos 11 and 13 seek to re-examine the quota system after 10 years only and to reject the implementation of the customs system proposed by the commission and required by several of our trading partners . 
as regards the reason for the tariff preference for the acp countries , we also agree with the eur 300 per tonne , but we believe the word ' maximum ' as superfluous . 
there is also bit of luck for that our trading partners accept such a prolongation . 
the next item is the commission 's statement on the eu-us summit of america . 
this is , i admit it , easier said than done , but that we must try to resist the temptation - and i know that the secretary of state albright shares this point of view - to leave these summits is embourber in the details of our relations daily economic and political . 
one of the main lessons was that europeans should assume greater responsibility for security european . 
i should be grateful if for the communication scheduled for early , you wish in detail if , in addition to the analysis called for by the other side of the house , you promote proposals on all the points , on how we can achieve in future new objectives in the field dialogue , cooperation in foreign policy , in security policy , but also of these subjects that are pragmatic as an example the agreements of mutual recognition . this point and 
i know too and salute the ' everything but arms ' initiative and appeals to the commission to come to the summit to put pressure on the united states to adopt to this initiative . 
we must therefore act to prevent the irreversible that awaits those and those - like mumia abu-jamal or leonard pelletier , are in the corridors of the death sometimes for years . 
it is a notion very useful and we certainly will be follow . 
thank you , commissioner . 
however , i fear to be under the crossfire of my group . 
finally , we have to turn to formulae simple to collecting the money and , more specifically , to the form investment of the subject passive . 
the first conclusion is that nothing can be done without modification of the international framework . 
mr president , our committee would like to stress that the existing provisions suppliers of these services software , data processing , computer services , accommodation and concept of sites and information on the web . firstly désavantagent european : 
i has always said that one of the first rules of the legislator should be : make no law that you have pourras not uphold . 
i am pleased that , partly thanks to the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy , the report on the substance incorporates a number of important features which because of a combination of circumstances , did not receive sufficient support within the transport committee . 
at the same time , we must pursue the line that is to ask for the revision of the chicago convention of 1944 , in order to obtain a new provision internationally . 
the advantages local short-term granted to a country are at the expense of other states of the european union . 
mr president , over the next decade , europe will be at first position on world use of the internet . 
many people , indeed , mr commissioner , wonder why europeans are always so quick to introduce of taxes and of new regulations . 
on this point , the chicago convention is totally obsolete . 
i do not consider the introduction of a common vat system be a priority and i do not agree that such a introduction is long overdue . 
therefore , our objective must be clearing away and simplify our tax systems without increasing the tax rates , but in the cutting . 
the option the most desirable is to apply a zero rate companies ebusiness to put them on an equal footing with their competing american and other in the world . 
tax competition is in the interests of citizens and the economy . 
so , for that operators established outside the union to be subject to the same tax obligations that operators community when they provide services consumers , they must be subjugate vat in one of the member states of their choice and they will apply the vat rates in force in this state . 
however , this case is not so easy . 
the place where the tax must be applied is an important issue and the debate on the number of countries which would be qualified to be societies registered is something that will , in my opinion , weighing and which will move obviously the united states to take action in the wto . 
it is absurd that when a return journey londres-bruxelles costs 89 books with virgin airways , for example , eurostar , which produces much least greenhouse gases and which is a far more pleasant to travel , costs the equivalent of approximately 250 books for the same trip . 
mr president , this debate see making old demons . 
finally , reference has been made proposals which had able to french presidency for that tax to be based on the place of consumption , with compulsory for providers of be registered in all member states . 
european companies would be put at a disadvantage compared to third country airlines and this would bring with it a distortion of the price structure intra-ue by report prices intercontinental . 
that seems to me to be in any case be a solution which is not conducive to a flight of capital of europe and who is possible only in the field of the oecd and not of way one-off through negotiation individual . 
i am well aware of the fact that some people in this house feel swamped by visions of contradictory . 
that would avoid the complexity that involves the use of criteria macroeconomic or similar circumstance . 
i turn to the proposal of the minimum level the normal rate . 
therefore , no preparatory work has not yet been done within working groups , and it is highly unlikely that the next general assembly allow already to renegotiate the convention chicago . important of icao . 
this feeling continues even today , and that is regrettable , in the spirit of the public opinion in europe . 
the last objective of this directive is the strengthening of handling emergencies at sea , in designating ports of refuge , by banning to vessels be at sea in case of strong storm and by asking a coastal state in question to implement greater means to intervene at sea , in the event of serious risk of pollution . 
the oil companies tell us that they have an voluntary fund . 
i hope that after the boost given in nice , the misgivings and resistance on some countries will have diminished and that we shall achieve this objective . 
we are doing obviously confidence to ensure maritime safety , because it should know that he not a week goes without that we are called to with this question : what are you doing to ensure the safety , for a change the rules ? ' . but you meps him 
mr president , the commission knows that one of the plans announced by the british government on 8 november 2000 was the introduction of a form of taxation of road users such as a vignette payable by all hauliers , british or not , for their use of the road network of the united kingdom . 
secondly , if and the minister of had originally intend , it proposes to tax lorries foreign to subsidise carriers from his country , was it really contrary to eu law ? 
this imbalance economic one between charges and taxes imposed on road in the various member states causes a distortion of competition over the territory of uk between hauliers nationalities . 
with regard to the issue of the use of meat and animal meal , being exported is covered in exactly the same way by legislation regulating meat production and animal meal , within the european union ; the obligation to withdraw , for example , the material for risk meat and animal meal is covered by the legislation and to become effective from 1 march 2001 . 
the jews are traitors and the foul . 
i very much hope that in each country in the region , we will be seen that services educational promote tolerance rather than intolerance . 
this answer is not surprising on the part of mr monti . 
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the commission will also propose at the same time a mechanism of support temporary defensive designed specifically for counter unfair korean practices during the time before the conclusion of the wto procedure . 
this is a dramatic problem . 
industry user of coke employs in total 70.000 people , but this product only represents a extent , highly marginal of its costs , around 2 % . 
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we forwarded our proposal the acp countries almost as well as to our member states . 
this initiative has not in fact intended to dealing with it , i would like to reassure you , both the quantities which could be imported into the community market are weak . 
these countries do have unfortunately , taking account of their situation , no capacity for negotiation autonomous and , it is therefore a gesture we should , in my view , take unilaterally , with nothing in return . 
the procedure followed by the commission to grant financial aid requested will soon be completed , and it also includes the sums which the ecpat needs for 2001 . 
we have three types of activities in this area . 
the commission 's proposal does not mention the place where could settle this future court . 
i am not sure to understand what the honourable member means by ' proliferation ' . 
the question by mr berenguer fuster concerns the marques tabled . 
i take the as an encouragement to renew our action and to ensure that spain do the more quickly possible this she has to do . 
to my previous question , you replied that it was the fault of spain and that you prendriez the necessary measures . 
it has thought-out well that which i had been made before . 
directive 89 / 48 / eec concerns diplomas couronnant professional training of at least three years after secondary school . 
subject : communications in the straits of umeå in sweden maritime traffic in this straits of the baltic is condemned to extinction as there is more profitable , in the sense that the shipowners do can longer put their duty-free . maritime between vaasa in finland 
in the city of vaasa i have just mentioned , for example , 550 jobs have been lost in the field of tourism over the 2 years , although perhaps because of the end of the duty-free . precisely 
this proposal aimed at stimulating development and the use of digital content reflects the objective of the lisbon summit . 
moreover , i would urge the commission to draw up of implementation procedures better and quicker in the field of calls for proposal . 
if we put only the content helpful to the companies , particularly the météorologie and geography , which is very desirable , of course , we must not forget , that for the content for the citizens that is far more difficult than to take only useful information to companies . this 
digital content , which represents the more as quality , standardises and restrictive cultural diversity and social . 
the second point that i appears equally imperative , concerns the attention that we must pay to small and medium-sized companies , for start-up . 
however , when we look at a virtue and that we are changing simply the negative signal in welcome - that do we consider our various languages as barriers but rather as bridges and from the perspective as trump cards , then this is becoming a basis for a european market and for a certain independence . more of this weakness 
i will not repeat all the objectives of this programme : conditions to marketing , dissemination and use of digital content , to encourage economic activity , widen employment opportunities , encourage exploitation of the potential of digital content in european and insight to deal with united states . 
therefore , setting up of conditions appropriate for the production of digital content multilingual european is growing significance . 
some of them are in themselves very valuable , but will find a better role at of instruments other than the decision now . 
the different positions can be exposed now , the vote is not on the agenda this evening and if the largest group parliament took the view that parliament must not hold the vote tomorrow , it seems to me then many more correct to make such a proposal in parliament , in the vote tomorrow , rather than of doing that tonight . 
mr president , ladies and gentlemen , ladies and gentlemen , increasingly of european citizens are victims of noise pollution . 
the member states are free to define when will the evening and night that this involves . 
i am satisfied with of the commission 's proposal , but i consider it as an first step , in my view also too cautious . 
that is why the reduction and the abolition ambient noise have to represent an essential component of the european environmental policy in the future . 
the group of the united left supports it therefore be happy , even if we wanted to go even further in the search for solutions conclusive and in the approach of those who make money with the pollution . 
but let me turn to the bickering and the struggle that engage in the wings , within the commission , in side , below , above recently and still here just now . 
consequently , i cannot hide that my country éprouvera an enormous difficulties with the commission 's proposal , unless it does involve a mechanism sufficiently flexible to that the way of life that we have inherited our forefathers , moreover both appreciated both by spain that by the foreign visitors , can be maintained . 
however , i would recommend this report and , of course , the commission 's proposal to this house . 
secondly , we would like the daughter directives the standards of quality . 
i am in full support of the need to harmonise the noise indicators and the evaluation methods from everything comes to the noise maps , the drafting of action plans to reduce levels of noise and of protecting those areas calm and the need to extend the whole area information to the public . 
secondly , this proposal adopted a new approach in order to assess the general situation for noise in europe on the basis of the number of those affected by noise . 
the commission can accept the following amendments in principle or partially : these are amendments nos 6 , 7 , 12 , 13 , 17 , 21 , 22 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 32 , 39 , 42 , 44 and 45 . 
furthermore , in general , additives cannot be used to food not processed - which is the case here - who do have suffered not treated leading a substantial change of their state of origin . 
mr president , with the ppe-de group we voted for the lannoye report in the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy and this also fits in fully to our expectations . 
nobody we should address it . 
the next item is the report ( a5-0372 / 2000 ) by mr staes , on behalf of the parliamentary delegation and the conciliation committee on the joint plan , approved by the conciliation committee , for a european parliament and council directive amending directive 95 / 53 / ec laying down the principles relating to the organisation of official controls in the field of animal nutrition . 
i then received on the part of the french presidency a clear vote , a very clear message , a speech on type ' no pasarán ' . 
after long negotiations , an acceptable compromise has now been made in the conciliation committee : it is about the assurances that the protection measures taken by the commission will stay in place until they will not have been replaced by a new decision , and on the commitment of member states to give their full support to experts by the commission for investigations and which controls they will , on the ground . 
i welcome this legislation . 
the eu 's structural funds - mainly through the esf - and that the appropriations of the finance ministries should always be targeted at the development of disadvantaged areas and poorest in our societies . 
the cities of europe are important poles economic , political and socioculturels . 
clear legislation and meticulous control of its application are resources additional action . 
the commission also expresses its recognition of the major support provided by the european parliament for this proposal and the many useful amendment that have been introduced . 
in view of the nature of activity , the commission can accept amendments nos 10 and 23 . 
i say ' famous " because it is an issue very fashionable and you will agree with me that this is not done one day without that the press do title on the precautionary principle , about all and nothing , rightly or in the wrong way but more often incorrect in . 
the extremist seek to close off innovation and progress , while the minimalist advise of the precautionary principle , that if danger significant for the environment and health , i.e. above of a threshold to be defined , but we do not know really understand how ! do 
the clarification of the respective roles is a sine qua non for the restoration of the necessary public confidence in the scientific community and also in policy-makers - namely , we , politicians . 
in those situations , a safety margin is preserved , for the purposes of caution . 
we have also been calling for action within the world trade organisation - a regulation , perhaps - which garantiraient that it would be possible in the context of the wto , to invoke other commitments , such as those that we must tackle under multilateral agreements on environment , to extend the scope of the precautionary principle . 
of course , it is also essential to strengthen the legal validity of the precautionary principle to celebrate a standard of international law . 
the art of life is to manage judiciously these risks and uncertainties . 
sometimes it uses too and the banalise , sometimes it uses too little and provoking our indignation . 
i am thinking , for example , of phthalates contained in toys and we have had the idea curious to introduce toys in sweets , of ice and other food . 
the same applies to the demands of the committee , demanding that a detailed analysis of the risks is carried out on first . 
the resolution calls upon the commission to make use of guidelines adopted and to integrate the precautionary principle , whenever we need in the framing of its legislative proposals and in all its actions . 
it is not possible to provide a threshold general de minimis . 
by giving for the first time the sakharov prize to defenders of human rights within the union , the european parliament confirmed earnestly that violations of them must be combated without compromission . who are pressing 
madam president , ladies and gentlemen , popular initiative ' basta ya ! ' wishes above all , express its gratitude to this parliament for the recognition honourable it is giving us . 
it is not only murders . 
i therefore ask you to follow me and to inform me confidence . 
( parliament adopted the legislative resolution ) 
madam president , if the house will allow me , i would like to give an oral explanation to my amendment 51 . 
report ( a5-0334 / 2000 ) by mr garcía-margallo y marfil , on behalf of the committee on economic and monetary affairs , on the commission 's communication on the taxation of fuel aviation ( com ( 2000 ) 110 - c5-0207 / 2000 - 2000 / 2114 ( cos ) ) 
this agreement is attractive to a few enterprises yet negative for the environment and democracy . 
the major event which has occurred since our previous budget debate is obviously the crisis so-called from ' mad cow disease ' . 
this clearly refutes the spirit and the letter decisions , previously mentioned , of heads of state and government . 
parliament fought to a few important priorities - in particular , greater involvement in the fight against unemployment and poverty , a number of problems connected with the environment and to equal opportunities between men and women , etc. we voted against attacks by the right taken up for life programme and the lobby of the european women . 
the importance of the appropriation for kosovo is however not without causing some legitimate questions on the effective capacity absorption of this region of yugoslavia , the 350 million euros that it was originally planned for it affect in 2001 . 
nothing justifies the granting of fiscal advantages through a form of distribution determined . 
a limit date answered clear for the participants in the postal market and allows the national monopolies to better prepare for a liberalisation . 
can we smoothing of a simple decision , possibly petitement majority , a whole concept of a postal service , view which has its roots and its explanations in the particularities of individual state ? 
the threshold of 50 grammes proposed by the commission , associated with a price ceiling at two and a half times tariff public , is really far too drastic and would have had devastating consequences for postal services universal . 
hence our opposition firm and clear to all its words . 
we believe that the post does not fall within the competence of the eu , even if the proposal having read the commission is considerably better than the commission 's initial proposal . 
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we think , however , that must be protected against the consequences of this war small producers who work on their plantations without exploit person and their income whatever market trends . 
according to article 10 , freedom of expression also means commitments and responsibilities which may lead to conditions , restrictions and sanctions . 
we can only welcome the fact of that initiative when we know that the value of digital content european parliament represents 5 % in terms of european gdp and 4 million in terms of creating employment . 
in these circumstances , it is especially in its consistency and their unity which have ensured in the united states a primacy on this market of the future . 
i also hope that there will , in 2004 , a reduction in this distribution of competences and that we will apply the criterion of subsidiarity so that the regions and the autonomous communities can have their status in the union . 
we can only welcome this . 
for instance , at the trade negotiations mentioned earlier on , the national parliaments will dispossessed of their last rights of ratification , and a country , if it is minority in the council , can no longer say ' no ' when a negotiation violera its interests . 
we had repeatedly tried them for that dissuade and the nice summit has made it very clearly shown that a agenda could have led to an absence of result this year , which would have been disastrous for enlargement . significantly extended 
given the importance fundamental decisions to be taken at nice summit , let us caesar that which is caesar . 
in other words , what parliament wants , it is a control on taxation and questions of social security . 
the council decisions - obtained to the scored at night - do not offer a solid basis ; they submit considerable deficits in as regards transparency , the constitution of a identity , democracy , the participation of citizens and the conscience of the reform . 
that is why we must look at its conclusions as the result of a compromise that nobody emerged fully winner was , or losers . 
on the contrary , the power of national democracies reduces to force to limit increasingly the right of veto and to give increasing power parliament to the eu . 
therefore , you should vote in favour of this provision which limits still the taxation of aircraft , because in this way the ticket will cost us always cheaper , therefore we can travel more by this form of transport . 
' ' does not at the foot of buildings , you could receive one pot of flowers on the head ! 
the complexity and the variety to technical developments and processes of structural change require to integrate absolutely all local and regional partners in the development partnerships , which are involved in drawing up programmes 's strategic regional policy for each region . 
we must therefore avoid at all costs stifling it or to do harm . 
one could say that innovation is within the reach of all agents who surround the process of production . 
the gap between the regions developed and the backward regions is indeed much more important developmental technological and at the level of gross national product . 
as you know , the bureaucrats have as main argument the risk of mistakes . 
i do not know if the fact that three women may have signed today the european budget is a direct consequence of the initiative risi , but i would be obliged if the christmas box that we are in the process of decide also benefits the women . 
reduce the budget in a chapter like this , set aside for expériences-pilotes , to new ideas in terms of local development and urban areas - giving results more than acceptable - which formed the foundation of community programmes also valuable at local level that the are urban and interreg would also be a mistake . 
as rightly said by mr rack , i have never understood and i do comprendrai ever this regional policy and this cohesion policy as a sort of alms that is made for the poorest regions . 
that is why , when i am in the negotiations , at present , of docup , beyond the innovative measures is a case of the mainstream , i am very interested in regain in each of the programming documents a regional basis on access in the information society and i verifies quality , beyond the scale of this regional programme , particularly as regards directly the small and medium-sized enterprises , educational establishments and even the farms . i 
mrs schroedter , mr izquierdo collado and mr ortuondo larrea , have rightly , referred to this question of budget funds . 
prices for new shipbuilding have fallen in recent years and have achieved their lowest level in 1999 , because of this policy in south korea . 
the commission has had to take a vote special in ensuring that this point was on the agenda today 's debate . 
this view is moreover complies with the treaty . i do not have time to return in more detail . 
however , the commission 's proposal , which has an aid for research and development , the complaint against korea at the world trade organization - they work very lower prices , even compared with the cost to make - and the possibility that there is aid measures transitional both that the use is not solved is perhaps in our opinion , a solution more or less fragile but it is at least for a solution . 
at the same time , it is imperative to increase the pressure exerted on the korea , if possible in the oecd , the existence of anti-dumping measures . 
in other words , we contribute unemployment and this are actually the others who are business with the shipyards . 
i think it fact an excellent radiographie of the european shipbuilding industry , real radiographie . 
this procedure will be no of quick result . this can him take up to two years to come to its final conclusion , if it went . 
this mechanism would be implemented until the conclusion of the procedure undertaken within the wto . 
i am sure we would all united today to defend with vigour and force freedom in europe , but i wish to say , more than the solidarity colleagues on the other european parliament , the spanish have need of their commitment . 
by a day of may , sailing on the waters of sicily , his heart nuclear montra very worrying signs of deterioration . 
instead it would be alarming that , faced with this situation , we do not act as soon as possible . 
in both , we express the need for the two member states concerned , the united kingdom and spain , are working closely together on research of the solution the safest for repair of the submarine , while taking - of course - the public informed of promptly . 
we have heard what responsible for the uk fleet saying that the fault was minimal and other which said precisely the opposite that she was important and that it required the repairs difficult and lengthy . 
i know the house assume that without these commitments , it would have been present . it was i who comes the represent . 
the commission is currently analysing it . 
as they are already initiated , view with realism the range of options available today the united kingdom and the authorities of gibraltar . 
cooperation and calm are the methods in use in our union . 
the british government acts as the has also been recently the russian government at a fault which took place at one of its submarines . 
mr president , i too , i would like to express my deeper support for our spanish colleagues faced with the last murder of the eta terrorist . 
the commission , in the clear answer she gave two months ago and in his response today , has accepted responsibility to acknowledge it although the proposal of people 's resolution of the group which , with other banalisations of the subject , has prevented of the share , will not finish it recognised . 
the minister 's key government of gibraltar , peter caruana , has made a wise decision , when he has asked a panel of experts to hold it personally informed on the progress of the situation . 
that is , and we remains according to the attitude the more coherent and that which ensures that the better the interests and safety of all concerned . 
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in 1980 , the unhcr was responsible for five million refugees . 
today we welcome the unhcr and all staff humanitarian . 
mr president , align the commission is of course well that parliament supports the unhcr on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this institution . 
i would like to develop a wider issue which has a direct bearing on what the honourable member said earlier . 
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the last issue i would like to talk about the dramatic events taking place in the border between serbia and kosovo . 
this is where is the place of milosevic and not the congress of party in belgrade . 
for our part , the mentality of the ethnic groups of kosovo , who are fighting still them must change and become a mentality made of mutual respect . 
i do not want to sing our own praise , but we can say too that the european union has acted very swiftly to this new situation . 
b5-0915 / 2000 by mr medina ortega and others , on behalf of the pse group ; 
b5-0918 / 2000 by mrs napoletano and others , on behalf of the pse group ; 
the chilean government received assurances that in chile , general pinochet may a fair trial and indeed , he has now lost his immunity and the judicial authorities chilean beginning their legal proceedings against him . 
i wish to remind you that it is important that we are approving this joint resolution , now that pinochet is in chile , what we have not been able to make when pinochet was in the united kingdom . 
i will say in the knowledge that these fundamental principles are those of the parties of european free alliance and greens of this house . 
mr president , before we begin my speech i should like to join in the condemnation of the attack in which cost the lives of an elected representative , a militant and a consulted by the people 's party catalonia , in spain . 
that is why i am glad that my political group and i believe , the majority of our parliament , does not allow itself to play along with the coffers of resonance for the exploitation of the crisis underway . 
their lives are in great danger . 
the league of human rights is suspended , its premises are put under scellés and its chairman , moktar before the tribunal , as this is thanks to you be said , the 25 december . trifi , is convened 
defenders of human rights , trade unionists , universities , journalists and students have recorded complications constant on the part of the authorities . 
it is in a state very critical . 
harassment daily lives and the tabassage of all the democrats are really generally applied . 
i hope that in this matter the judicial system chilean will continue to display independence and efficiency . 
we know that the heads of mission of the european union are watching the political situation closely in the country . 
finally , i would like to mention the crucial role of parliament which has helped raise the awareness and to intensify the dialogue on these questions , through visits members of parliament and public debates like this . 
laurent gbagbo must set a genuine policy of national reconciliation , which passes for a break with the speech on the ivoirité , the amendment to the constitution racist , and by the holding of democratic elections where no of applicants will europe is excluded , otherwise the risks of secession and civil war will only grow . 
mr president , the new of côte d ' ivoire cause for months the justified concern amongst the citizens of europe and anxiety corresponding in our parliament . 
the necessary conditions are as follows : that nobody should be taking excluded that the supreme court introduced by the military power to disappear , that the head of state took an active without ambiguity on the process of restoration of democracy and that the you listen to the opinion of the committee for national reconciliation . 
the concept of ivoirité my view , for my part , perfectly sound . 
a demi-douzaine copies are now available to the president . 
mr president , on behalf of the greens , we withdraw also our motion for a resolution . 
mr president , i can confirm what has just said mr posselt . 
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towards these people , the member states must implement various policies , and in addressing the problem of the much-needed assistance than of cover of costs , above all to those in which the disabled families are not actually capable of assuming be taken into burden final and total . both 
mr president , it is a great pleasure for me to speak on behalf of the group of the greens / european free alliance and to congratulate the rapporteur on this excellent report . 
at present , thanks to the improvement in resources health , on information , care housing and of pension systems , more and more people live oldest . 
it is particularly the governments of the member states , administrations of federal states , of the provinces and councils which , by numerous recommendations , can prove somewhat useful . 
the basis of this view of life is knocked in the family , in which every human being can as child . 
often , in recent years of life , we falls seriously ill , but you will be totally handicapped , are needed the support of all . 
finally , i would like to emphasise relating to medical care . 
the speech was also : women should not work on ensuring that men do not a job . 
at first analysis , for many , this can be taken as a disability . 
we shall have to find ways . 
the many elderly people active should we motivate to fight for a society in which solidarity between generations is more than a nice word ! 
these measures must be adapted for various situations and features for the quality of life and self-sufficiency economic . 
only joint efforts and supported can help . 
there must be leeway , discretionary for the preferences and independent decisions . 
if someone find all the objects who fail to our colleague , request of bring them , including his glasses , because mrs flemming was in your back , mr fatuzzo . 
finally , we need reintroduce explicitly in the text the possibility of actions in favour of outermost regions and their logo . 
we must also stress production methods that are respectful of animal welfare and the environment . 
it is also the why i am delighted that this week in the european parliament , we have created a working group for biotechnologies . 
of course , these communications institutional must instead supplement the operations advertising orchestrated by the large-scale system in particular . 
if the proposals parliament , which three times have obtained the majority of our voice , were being implemented - but it is another example of the powerlessness of the parliament for that the set-aside land can be cultivated with of legumes or the trèfles and that the pastures be authorised , we would get of more than pastures and therefore of more than the fodder protein . 
it is normal that these costs is borne by the producers and seller , and professional organisations , and not by the european union . 
we must ask ourselves why we have failed in the past to encourage the european union industry to resort to the funds that was available . 
of course , if we can produce and promote food best at the environment , taking into account the welfare of animals , and the sell on world markets , then we will operate really the objective for which common agricultural policy has approach . 
amendments nos 9 and 22 which call for the establishment of a county management special , and with regard to amendments 7 , 19 , 23 and 27 , which require other changes of order , we must add that the commission should hold provisions of order consistent . 
all those who insist that in europe we like still the good things are right . 
mr president , it is scientifically proven that the moderate consumption of wine is one of the best prejudices against cancer , the collapse and alzheimer 's disease , and so on . 
. ( nl ) i would like to praise the rapporteur for his work .