we know very well that the current treaties are not enough and that it will be necessary in future to develop a structure more efficient and different for the european union , a structure which clearly indicates what are the competence of member states and what are the powers of the european union . longer constitutional messages of anxiety , firstly prefix the economic and social problems that we are experiencing , despite the sustained statesmanship many years of effort on the part of all our citizens . the current situation , particularly unbearable for many companies of transport and independent for agriculture , must be improved . reaching an agreement concerning processes is a good thing in itself , but we must ensure that this system does not serve the striking force policy . viel they also have to present a clear vision of the rights they must comply . i agree with her warn against the return , which tries to some of the intergovernmental methods . we are very much to wanting a federation of nation states . the rapporteurs have stressed the need for quality discussion and also the need to go further : of course , i am unable to join . i also thank all those who kindly accused of not having made this speech earlier on , i would reply that before the pronounce a speech , we must learn , learn , evaluate the forces , because the political rhetoric must always be realistic and closer to reality and the objectives we set ourselves . aforementioned . i would like to collision course of this closer cooperation in order to give some examples of the new potential over-secretive . the vote will take place today at 12.30 p.m . the commission cannot accept amendment no 12 . i am voting in favour of the draft regulation . the reports of the european court of auditors does not stop are to meet these sous-estimations , from greece and portugal . accordingly , we have not voted for this report . according to the sponsors of these buses , these are not only cheaper and can be used throughout the world , but they are also greenest because their fuel consumption per passenger is smallest . the role of the ' benchmarking ' in dissemination of good practice across the eu is also emphasized . a binding charter and overall , detailing the rights that we absolutely must be respected , likely to cause difficulties at a later stage . i want to thank both rapporteurs for their tremendous commitment . however , we do not believe that this dialogue can already be concluded in nice in less than three months , and this alone is enough to explain our refusal to accept the proposal to incorporate the charter into the treaties at the summit in nice . the csu european parliament welcomes the fact that the draft charter of fundamental rights and fundamental rights are available to the citizens of organs and institutions of the eu . unites hordes visible it is the image of liberal europe which is built . indeed , i would have liked to have a freezing of this charter so that we can continue to work , as proposed by the amount of non-governmental organisations of various countries of the european union . ( a5-0248 / 00 ) by mr queiró , on hungary ( com ( 1999 ) 505 - c5-0028 / 2000 - 1997 / 2175 ( cos ) ) ; i would therefore also propose that parliament presents no longer , next year 's general report confines itself to national reports to show that we attach to a continuation of the negotiations . gender-specific , but it seems to me that , on the basis of the work that has been undertaken by the previous presidencies and by the commission , the french presidency will be able , at least i hope will be given at the nice european council , a fairly accurate sight of the accession process . subsequently i have said and i have no difficulty in repeat here , the french presidency will not éludera any problems which arise , which does not mean , of course , that we shall have time and resources to deal with each of them . this question is , of course , perfectly legitimate , but we must respond to properly and carefully . enlargement is a broad perspective that we must deal with a lot of generosity and vision . all the results of the intergovernmental conference fail to the gigantic pressure that exerts enlargement in terms of adjustment . the second major change which we are seeing and which europe must adapt to the acceleration of the economic development towards a global market and competition . worldwide is foudroyante fourthly , it follows from this principle is that the member states who began at the latest processes have a luck catching up to those who have started sooner . in areas where large investments and long-term are required to reach the standards of the eu , we should bear in mind that the current member availed themselves in such cases , oversubscribed with long transition periods . in terms of security of external borders and the fight against crime intervening also our standards and the benefits of european cooperation . looking at trade relations that there are currently between the european union and the countries of central and eastern europe . i was glad that commissioner finally beginning to talk about alerting the public to tell him that the fears which have been mentioned did not raison d ' être . but one thing is clear - and i welcome mr verheugen , has once again underlined : there can be transition period for respect for democratic rules . on this point , we need the support of the commission , because even if the will is there , the munitions are sometimes lacking . it is essential to us , as the european union , we setting targets for carrying out our own reformes in-house . however , we do not agree with some aspects and crucial questions . this is detrimental to the european union , its future independent compared with north america and also to a common defence and security policy , the european given that this will create risks with russia and other countries . we hope that there will be results and that it does not refer to another intergovernmental conference which must be made to ensure that enlargement takes place . i shall be brief , as i have already been , since i have given three minutes ' speaking time by during my first speech . it is very important and , at this point of view , i am pleased that the commission is working towards an information campaign that commissioner verheugen wants to both large and decentralised . but - and this will be my last word , because i want to make myself quite clear : i am not a pessimistic in this regard , i do not play ' small arms " , i want a strong towards the enlargement - to be credible , we must also be taken seriously , we must also be understood , we must also be able to reap the accession of the peoples of the peoples of the applicant countries as our peoples . option at the moment , i cannot see any need to discuss the financial perspectives with regard to enlargement . i cannot say one thing in connection with any of them ! it is also for the same reason that they have also expressed the view of joining the european union . we shall now give the floor to the various rapporteurs . i am entrusted with the work of the rapporteur said about estonia . as a member of the swedish moderate party , i am extremely thrifty when it comes to taxpayers ' money . only then , it seems to me , you could get an idea of what the latvians have done over recent years . that is not enough ; the whole of the strategy must be more looking towards the citizens . lithuania has a potential usage of sustainable economic growth . in the widest sense , it affects the eu 's cooperation with the russian federation . i turn now to another weak point : the support of the public to , within and outside the european union . by following a fiscal policy intelligent , and foreign direct investment is period 1990-1994 , last year , with over 5,45 billion euros . we should not have meddle , above all we do not others , germans ! democracy slovak develops manner stable , what has not always been the case . i am proposing in this speech to stress and reiterate the six aspects of the evolving situation hungarian which deserve to be highlighted in the prospect of membership of the european union . i am pleased that this issue was envisaged in the general report on enlargement presented by mr brok . it is also and especially the case in the nuclear sector , where the legitimate concerns about nuclear safety and environmental risk being exploited by ewl anti-nucléaire . the formation of a high level is a measure i commend it to my colleagues . the report that i have the honour of presenting to you subjecting and which has also been adopted unanimously in committee , notes that the part of the territory controlled by the palestinian authority statutory fulfils the copenhagen political criteria . to this end , play a key returns , without prejudice obviously 's own role in the commission , in our special representative for the cfsp , javier solana . however , the main problem facing malta must face is that the government and opposition deem differently from the accession process and that the european union is committed to the fluidity of this process . even between america and mexico , levels are closest . that is why we are discussing , in the field of internal market , for a well thought-out strategy , flexible and to the extent of the challenge . but let me also to be allowed to express my respect for the citizens of the countries of central and eastern europe which worldcom courage , ten years ago , to take to the streets and who have contributed to moving this process . the information society is important for industry , old or new . nor can we allow ourselves éblouir by the percentages of community law transposed into national legislation . but the ten new countries of eastern europe did not have such uncle of america . this also applies , and that is degrading for the transport of live animals verses slaughterhouses . in all legislation majeure , we are now imposing on an assessment of impact on health . my report for opinion must also speak of the european union and stress that the funds for regional development cannot continue to be spent on the basis of a simple accounting share-out between regions . elmar brok began in his speech by pointing out that we will all benefit from enlargement , especially those of us we stand on this side of the external border present . rightly the development of waterways inner will be essential for ecological reasons , because we must remove quantities of goods by road , and if we cannot transporting them on railways , we must use the waterways . it has also referred to selfishness and even populism , and the reduction in the course of the euro has not certainly helped to improve things . the message we want to convey to the candidate countries is as follows : ' you do not let mislead by the scale of the reports and documents which lie ahead of you . unfortunately , the moment there are too many parties who have lost their ideology and which testify to sketch idealism inadequate and a materialism overpowering . if we need to defer the right to acquisition of land and dwellings to use family , différons-le . it is up to now , but it is certainly threatened by a lack of transparency unbureaucratic and resistance manifesto , albeit not public , of certain governments . where are , moreover , the millions of jobs promised by the maastricht treaty ? while we are in the process of revising the treaties , some member states are crying out for a new reform . the vast majority of inquires international agreement on this subject contributor state of gains on the scale macroeconomic , linked to enlargement . however , exception of minorities tiny , any political group cannot brings into question the main objective of the political slovene , which is to join as soon as possible in the european union . if the eu is enlarged rapidly , should the dismantle sharply as it is proposed in the position on the enlargement of the eldr group . in my view , it is clear that the regime institutional prescribes has plethora of long-term consequences on the health of orphans . i therefore ask you to support the proposals for amendments along these lines . and we even , european politicians , do not understand quite well the negotiation process . cyprus will become a bridge towards the countries of the region . i wish negotiators continuation of the success of their work in this important area . a second form of communication is also essential between our countries and with regard to the candidate countries in order to tell them what is the european union . we cannot afford to lose even more of the elk existed in the early 1990s . mr president , firstly , as a socialist rapporteur for the report on romania , i would like to congratulate the rapporteur for his excellent work . it is for the institutions , for the member states , for us all , we live up to this challenge , too , compared with the fears of our own publicly-expressed opinions , and regain breathtaking , ambition and the vision of the founding fathers of europe . i have the impression that , despite all the fine words and the numerous chapters that the council has examined the suitably implemented , this enlargement process is not driven by the energy policy . necessary or supported or unfortunately many of the european union countries have broached similar problems at one time or another in their development and can adviser bulgaria in order to help overcome whom it should presently face . democracy is not just a question of majorities , it is also a question of codecision lengths of minorities . the applicant countries must be found on an equal footing and their accession should not depend solely on their own development . at the same time , we should acknowledge the efforts made by countries such as lithuania which still catching , so to speak , the lost time . we therefore interest to extend our system of rights and freedoms as far as romania and this is an argument to assert within the framework of the debate critical dialogue with the european public opinion . however , there is a question around which the rallying happens - namely that of enlargement . my group therefore supports the limiting of transition periods in relation to the environment to a maximum of five years . mr president , we must give a boost positive to enlargement . the debate remains open certainly with regard to the order in which these countries will join , because it will also examine the progress made on their internal reforms . i welcome the very positive report on slovenia and the considerable efforts undertaken by these countries to meet the copenhagen criteria . as the head of delegation , i was able to account of repeatedly , just as the commissioner . in my opinion , the proposal is worthy of consideration . these forms of violence and exploitation of women must be right now convicted and combated by all means , both within the eu than in the accession countries . in conclusion , i would like to take this opportunity to join number of fellow members , which i share the thoughts and concerns , and emphasise the need to examine the question of the borders of europe and , subsequently , the scope of its enlargement , and the opportunity for parliament to draw up a special report on this subject . lastly attentively by the minutes of yesterday 's sitting have been distributed . thank you . we happens from time to time recalling , rightly , in this chamber , that a europe of citizens must be a europe in which community legislation protecting their rights as appropriate . i put the request for postponement of the committee on legal affairs and the internal market . we know that these substances and products undesirable substances in the toxicity violent , but it is a matter of substances which piling up within the body which would have a long life , such as dioxin , the aflatoxines and heavy metals such as cadmium , lead and mercury . are very rarely long-term life-span of it is not possible to regain the guilty parties . if we allow this dilution , we must at least notify the commission services and supervision must be put on record that these dilutions exist because this problem must be made public and to the subject of a public debate . i should highlight one thing : the dioxin crisis has been the result of criminal acts runs counter to the existing regulations . mr president , i thank those members who spoke before me . it was a pressing need . for example , for fishmeal , the limit value is different from what is proposed for products of animal origin non maritime safety . it is time to break with a false interpretation of subsidiarity , which seeks to further every day enhance the tutelage of brussels on our nations . the rapporteur , i believe that all these measures are justified , as it is right to examine the case of these substances which she refers - which are not toxic per se , but which increases the toxicity of mixtures . unfortunately , a large proportion of the know-how , common sense farmer , have been lost in this era of industrial agriculture where animals are no more than production units and goods . ancestral the new regulations will reclassify , harmonise and simplify regulations sanitary very detailed and complex issues which were previously scattered among many directives . the number of people who want to learn accurately what are components , according to my searches , relatively limited . secondly , the farmers , who are the producers of ingredients in animal feed , endure well and truly a change in the future it will destroy part of a much more important part of their basic products . . the recompense is necessary , even if it is clear that the farmers themselves are also very concerned about the well-being of their cattle . amendment no 18 propose explicitly to include water in the definition of feedingstuffs . on the basis of these different evaluations , the commission will propose to member states suitable measures to restrict the presence of substances involved in animal feed . in view of the amendments submitted to the adoption of this house , i am grateful to parliament for its support for the proposal . to sum up , therefore , the commission can accept unreservedly 15 of the 27 amendments . i assume that this time , but they will not succeed . the commission has promised that it will work and it has also announced that this list is not ready tomorrow . farmers must simply know - and this , at least on request and form of percentages - everything that contain these compound feedingstuff and in what quantities . in conclusion , i would like to warmly thank the rapporteur , mr graefe zu baringdorf , as mrs roth-behrendt for their reports and hope that the council will adopt in relation to a constructive attitude , so that we can reach a transparent system concerning the declaration of feed . all this , of course , due to the tragedy of bse , which has been a real novel , several chapters . the toxic products , which affect the health of humans and animals , are not acceptable . but let us begin with the positive points . the proposal under discussion is the beginning of a series of initiatives which must be based on the white paper on food safety . thank you very much , commissioner . ( parliament adopted the resolution ) report ( a5-0248 / 2000 ) by 152m queiró , on behalf of the committee on foreign affairs , human rights , common security and defence policy , on the application for membership of hungary in the european union and the state of negotiations [ com ( 1999 ) 505 - c5-0028 / 2000 - 1997 / 2175 ( cos ) ] report ( a5-0247 / 2000 ) by baroness nicholson of winterbourne , on behalf of the committee on foreign affairs , human rights , common security and defence policy , on the application for membership of the romania in the european union and the state of negotiations [ com ( 1999 ) 510 - c5-0033 / 2000 - 1997 / 2171 ( cos ) ] thirdly , and it is perhaps the most important condition difficult , the council must reach agreement on new arrangements , which would enable the community 's function effectively , efficiently and democratically after enlargement . institutional even if it approves the principles of article 13 , it is clear that the legislation subordinate to the european union goes far enough , and that there is no reason to refuse to applicant countries a right to differentiation cultural . draws sometimes very i shall conclude by emphasising the fact that the enlargement process must be gradual , at the pace of the adaptation of the candidate countries . . ( es ) in the current context and in view of the reservations which have started to make themselves heard about the enlargement of the european union , it is important that parliament poses a political gesture clearly in favour of it . . the european union , since its inception , has vocation to bring together the peoples . the criteria of the council in copenhagen in 1993 , with regard to the democratization of the ability to sustain competition reinforce , by way of " acquis communautaire ' , the reign of a unbridled capitalism and destructive . or a headlong rush into enlargement , in these circumstances , threatens to accelerate the drifts populist and fascisantes which shift here and there . the agenda of this sitting contains precisely a report relating to equality of opportunity between men and women , who illustrates once again the unsatisfactory from the acquis communautaire in this area . who could indeed denying entry , within the european home , in poland and hungary 's martyred in 1956 or the capital symbol , prague , when democracies grass-root défenestraient the head of state and écrasaient the people of jan palach , immolé for freedom of copernic pope john paul ii , in budapest . the europe of greater extent , the tasks and responsibilities more numerous , has need of financial resources more important . i take this opportunity to send my greetings to the elderly and pensioners to estonia , hoping that we are dealing with their means of existence within the european union . i therefore see no reason for that latvia is not permitted within the european union , if it continues to progress along the same pace and once again that the european union will undertook to make the necessary adjustments in its structure and its policies to cope with enlargement . i therefore see no reason for that lithuania is not permitted within the european union , if it continues to progress along the same pace and once again that the european union will undertook to make the necessary adjustments in its structure and its policies to cope with enlargement . progress is also evident in the field of environment , with the implementation of the ' national fund for the protection del environment ' and the application of the polluter pays ' principle . by ensuring poland into the common house , the european union will show justice with regard to the new arrivante : a justice which it has for too long missed . i hope that the czech republic will join the union speedily . . ( en ) i welcome the queiró report on the application for membership of hungary in the european union and i share most of the draws conclusions which the rapporteur . i hope that bulgaria will join the union in a future not too distant future . poos report ( a5-0249 / 2000 ) it is one of positioning fair and balanced that the council of ministers must take into serious consideration . i hope , in this connection , that the negotiations under the auspices of the un can only be successful in such a way that the cypriot people greek and turkish benefit , overall , the benefits of membership in the context of a republic reunited . - ( en ) i warmly welcome the poos report on the candidature of cyprus to join the european union . we are , however , consumers , we stand at the stage of the food chain and are therefore the réceptacle finalization of misappropriation of counterfeit products and foodstuffs . ultimate we are particularly keen to implement at european level , and more practical way , food safety , since the byre until the table , or from the farm until the fork . it is precisely because we are in favour of the development of cooperation , really and truly equal partners , between all the countries of the world , that we do not intend , through our vote , to endorsing a farce . fraternelles between the council has informed parliament before the vote in committee , but only just before it , deviating from thereby deliberately any chance to re-examine this matter with moi or with parliament . in my report , i would ask for a greater involvement of ngos , a strengthening of responsibility towards the european parliament , the establishment of an annual report which will be debated in parliament , a degree of transparency the highest possible , promotion of memories of the past as a tool for combating prejudices and recognition of discrimination multifaceted . representation and at the same time , the interests warranted workers must be taken into account . given that a high level of responsibility rests with the social partners as regards the rules of discrimination in the workplace , they are best placed to develop practical solutions . replying to my invitation , jenny was lagged attend as coordinator of the group access charter . practicality , because the directives and the action programmes stadia , on the one hand , the member states to combat discrimination based on the same principles and the other hand , the commission to play its role as guardian of the treaties , but also of guidebook in social debate . although the legal basis liberates appropriations for new preparatory actions , their funding from within this category could lead to a reduction in appropriations allocated to other policies . ladies and gentlemen , we have before us a proposal for a framework directive is necessary but insufficient , which we shall have the opportunity to improve the mechanisms once it is a certain period of time for implementation will be passed . i hope that the commission , in the light of this new directive , the interest of outskirts of discrimination on grounds of sex . i congratulate the commission , as well as the authors of these reports . i am satisfied with the opinion of the mann report aimed at allowing organisations to bedrock ideological to ask , if necessary , to staff requirements at the nipped in connection with this legal basis . the speed with which the institutions have made use of new powers of the amsterdam proves , commissioner , that the european union canning always its status pioneer in terms of equal opportunities , and that is why i heartfelt thanks go to the european commission . the fact that there is in our society discriminatory effects of various kinds confirms the importance of the action programme in presence , with regard to the report by mr cashman . mr president , on behalf of the bonino list i should like to express effarement that we finesse prefix the way europe and the member states treat the issue 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 address is that the ngos , for important they may be , are invited to deal with the implementation regardless of their size , by their nature and actions that they are pursuing . the liberal and democratic has estimated that positively and especially the activity of parliament who wanted to insist , also and above all , on the prevention of phenomenon and not just on best practices . this is a challenge for us all , because we consider the other on a first impression . mr president , combat and legislate against discrimination is to recognise that they do exist and even though they are , for many of them , ' regulated " because banalisées . the first , the unctad , the un conference on trade and development , which has arisen in 1963 geneva principle of inequalities compensatory , therefore discrimination . in fact , information and awareness profitable in respect of fundamental importance , they must be an element talked and serve to inculquer a new mentality , a new way of thinking and for being so that these prejudices again bandied about the way pervasive in population can be completely eradicated and that a genuine parity is guaranteed in legal terms between all the citizens . it is therefore important to make progress with the two legislative initiatives discussed today , however , some of their aspects and increasing the amounts earmarked for the financing of the programme , in order to reflect the political importance of this fight against discrimination . welfare-promoting in particular , the agreement on the principle of forecasting adjustments are reasonable , including sweden and ireland are pioneers , will now ensure that employers in the whole of europe , adapt their places of work , bread-winning special equipment and altering their working methods in order to provide an opportunity for genuine clabeck workers with disabilities . article 13 is the point of departure for a new target of eu : combating discrimination or the unequal treatment of citizens through grounds listed in the same article . the second point is the mistake committed by the commission with this first package in this sense that she wanted to draw up a list of priorities level grounds for discrimination . crude unfortunately mr president , discrimination based on religion is unacceptable , just like any other form of discrimination . as a secular convinced , i cannot therefore me associate myself . however , the noble-minded idea of acknowledged every citizen in the maximum freedom as possible , provided that it is compatible with the same extent freedom for others , encountering today still barriers between each of done and the law . - one of these directives has already been adopted in record time , and i believe that the other was a good chance of being adopted during the french presidency in november . some of them are not conform to the legal requirements , such as the amendment concerning the agreements committees . however , i cannot accept amendment no 38 , which proposes to remove from article 5 list of difference in treatment on the basis of age , which could be justified . you mentioned the important issue of conformity terminated . that is the first time that we are allowing joint projects in this action programme . it is clear that the code will be comprehensive , more efficient . it will be more article 7 of the code commits the member states to prevent any transfer of arms exports of end-users inappropriate . mr president , i confess that the nostalgia for time , the european parliament , but also of various movements pacifists and trade unions , and to act in the direction of a gradual reduction of arms production , and where one wondered how it might enaction of military use of the civil use . incentives to consider where émanaient given the present situation today in the world and our continent , after the end of the cold war and the breakdown of equilibrium established by the terror of weapons of mass destruction , this behaviour irresponsible . these weapons have become , so to speak , the symbol of the anarchy in many places in the world . cfsp covers an activity which is designed to deal with situations of crisis outside the borders of the eu , and not anything which might be described as a defence policy . their aim is to prevent arms exports to destination of governments who violate human rights , the regions in prey to conflicts or regions engaged in the races to arms . the commission , in close collaboration with member states , participated actively in the drafting of the joint action of the european union on small arms and small arms . the next item is the commission communication on the european research area . introduction of forms of intervention for the longer term ; intermediary between the support of projects and funding institutionally , use the instruments to variable-geometry offered by the treaty , particularly the union 's participation in national programmes such as it is anticipated in article 169 of the treaty . what we want to strengthen , this is the nature of hierarchy and depends on the level of mode of intervention . you say envisaging a complete overhaul of the framework programme . i think we need today to something which the european research area , in other words , something which goes beyond the framework programme which comes into supplement national programmes ; we need an element provide , which means that we must accept the formulae . structure of with regard to thoughts with stoa , i believe we must do something together , because the house , the joint research centre , the institutes in foresight here in the various member states are concerned . it seems that the commission is making progress giant step forward towards the completion of the european research area . there will be quite a chapter on science and society and its citizens . contacts were held with the authorities in greece , ireland and portugal to ask the government of these countries to speed up the presentation of the commission to their projects under the cohesion fund . probably the absence of the service you mention , which existed in the previous commission and which was devoted exclusively to the cohesion fund , does not allow us to move things more concrete . my second question is : apart from the cohesion fund , there is the community support framework , the structural funds , the regional programmes , etc. to which countries have you received the projects and programmes to which countries have you already approved ? what definitive in 1989 , the commission has introduced a new proposal before offer greater flexibility . i listened carefully to the arguments of mr bolkestein and i know that the principle of taxing the strangers unsurprising that companies , but the general food law of fair competition in europe should apply , and when levels of taxation are totally disproportionate , we should consider the fact that the legislation on competition can have on the situation , and this despite the general rule whereby it is also a prerogative of member states . treaties prohibits home-produced if you want to retain the fuels must be done via taxes on fuel , and not through other forms of taxation . i shall reply to mr purvis 's question disadvantages regional natural is probably for national governments insofar as part of their electorate finds itself in peripheral areas and to opt out . mr president , commissioner , thank you for this information . during the spring and in the last summer , the commission has undertaken a general review of its activities and its resources . we have had some information in this direction . these children , in an increasing proportion , are being exploited by tourists and business people , who for large numbers of them come from europe . the commission believes that all companies will be able to prepare themselves in time for the changeover finalization of the euro , including with regard to the adaptation of their computer systems and their software . this discussion philosophico-politique is no longer on the agenda , but we can discuss the general dangers of a referendum , although perhaps in another context . this also applies to the rug . a drum has recently been sent to the french authorities . as regards the candidate countries , i can tell you that meetings were held with them on the subject of animal transport and that preconceptions agreements were concluded . the commission has nonetheless been informed of sowing the spring of this year interception of seed imported from conventional varieties of different species , there ranges from cotton , containing traces of gm seeds . during the season however , after consulting its services , i am able to inform you that the basic requirements for safety in the field of computer equipment for private use or professional are laid down by the directive on electrical and electronic equipment , the directive ' low voltage ' , as well as by the directive on electrical equipment hertziens and telecommunications terminal equipment . it accordera-t-il nevertheless with me that the distinction made between safety at work and safety in class or safety for a child working home is only in fact not one ? perhaps serrera-t-il the hand of president khatami . aung san suu kyi is today de facto under house arrest . i am therefore reluctant to go further in terms of trade or to advise other actions relating to trade and investment . question no 15 by ( h-0769 / 00 ) : those who said to me that misreporting example referring to certain meetings pre-electoral which they had attended . questions nos 16 to 44 will receive written answers . we want that , it is a report on european consolidated , published and examined by this parliament . we should concentrate on the transition to the non-production in arms and not on the way we shall ensure that our competitiveness compared with other countries in the world who produce arms . the five permanent members of the security council , which are supposed to look after our safety , should pay the ear to these proposals and negotiate the quicker settlement really worthy of the 21st century . the debate here today raises an important milestone in the process of reforming the commission prodi began there is a little more than a year . i cannot shake off to have the impression that in its haste in producing a proposal within the deadlines set out in 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 kgs both annual reports fingerprinting account of their activities . mr van hulten 's report accentuates more , and rightly so , the distinction plaidée by the commission . it represents a good basis for the exchange of best practices between the institutions . hopefully this will not repeat not ! if we are defining a rule for the large institutions , then the principle of independence highlighted by the wise men should prevail everywhere . we very often resided in the past situations in which the decision-making process excessively long led to the proposers of disappointment and the loss of confidence in the european institutions . i would like to thank the commissioner that this report only an intermediate step . it means that it is the first phase of building a bridge between the control system which is available to us today and the system that we want after the reform . that is the proposal which is before you . it is only when they will be able to cope with the sampling , the process of sampling , which will also be liberally controlled , will be withdrawn . beyond words , we are all aware that the task will certainly not easy . i think that we are not skilled , nor as politicians or as a technicians , for we can endeavour alone to dealing with this problem . naturally also fortunately , the vast majority of children and young grow up in a mid-sentence free from such harmful factors . i share the view expressed by the president of the commission , when he stresses the need to establish such a catalogue statutory ; it is absolutely essential , in my opinion , strengthening the principle of subsidiarity and must therefore that the eu stops making wanting to introduce policies in a large number of areas in which political problems , are not cross-national . in all respects the information from the world and effecting in all areas of knowledge become accessible since the reside in the shortest time possible for them , communicate with the whole world is one thing . ordinary . apprehended very quickly , they claim to policemen : " it is funny , in the feuilletons , it does not take too easily ' . the legislator - i will conclude here , mr president - cannot be regulate everything , but it must occasionally reminded the rights and duties of everyone . i am very sensitive to the remarks that have been made on education and training to read pictures , on the awareness of the younger generations to take a critical approach media and not to buy anything you like , no matter when , no matter how . willy-nilly on if a report as it does not succeed in making progress , to improve the mobility or at least from start to break down the barriers that obstruct mobility in the world of education , nothing will be a more negative impact on their opinion . presently the problems to resolve in various countries are very diverse nature : for example , over-regulating differ in terms of social security , scholarship or study , right of residence , taxation and lack of mutual recognition of diplomas and qualifications traineeships . it is time that europe committing itself to reimposes the proper implementation of programmes such as socrates and youth for europe . experiences with regard to the mobility of students and teachers testify that the real problems of this mobility does not find themselves toll on the side of the direction of education , but in the field of authorities , social and fiscal of immigration . one has mentioned the socrates programme for illustrate this problem . there must have a system of inspection and control of a clear , even if this is done by sampling , and above all , a counter , a web page , where students can lodge complaints . delineation we therefore call for the integration of the target group researchers among the categories of people can benefit from recommendations . it is easy to do so in a speech , but not so in practice . the debate is closed . we appreciate your approach , similar to that of chirac or the minister joschka fischer . the enlargement imposes strengthening and reinforcing the permits and not endangers not enlargement . ( applause ) europe has a cultural heritage , social , legal and scientific single fuelled by the variety and the vitality of national components . the proposal for a resolution on the commission 's reports , on which you will pronouncement just now , is rich in this area . it is evident in the report drawn up by the finnish presidency on women and the decision-making process . indicators that she has drawn up will allow us to evaluate the progress made . apart from the conference of ministers and the symposium on equality at work , two very important reports , devoted specifically to equality , but kerguelen council ' employment and social affairs deserve to be mentioned . the second relates to the principle of non-discrimination , including based on sex . in the context of the annual reports , i would add - and the president-in-office has also mentioned this - that one of the main problems faces the eu obviously concerns the existence of large cultural differences . the reports which we are debating here also give the impression . we must ensure that the directive on equal convert really in legislation . i believe that this method , embodied in the first place in finland , is usable in several areas and , therefore , that it is part of the strategy of equal opportunities for the commission , we can expect good results . on behalf of the equal opportunities , french women have won , thanks to europe , the right to work at night . as a french citizen , this vision of the world to me particularly foreign policy . despite these reservations , we will vote for this report because , of course , we are in favour of equal opportunities , but equality of opportunity is , above all , respect for everyone . those who enable mothers freedom to raise their children without being paid will receive the bill later , in the form of delinquency young and vandalism . in this regard , i would remind you of our report on the splitting of pension rights in the event of divorce , so that benefits for the survivors and the age of pension funds to be integrated into the directive on 1979 . women polish we were very grateful to have stipulated that the council representative who was present did not even shared the position of women polish . a greater presence of women at all levels of government and in all areas is essential to strengthen democracy and to promote and maintain peace . to conclude , i would like to mention the situation of women in developing countries who are preparing to join the european union . as members of the council , and especially the men who are here to take the essential task which is to bring europe in the fight against the mafia which organizes the trafficking in women . because this form of slavery is not the kind of problems which can patting each other on the back of politicians responsible , or they can back or neglect . ipse facto , possess we can infer from the reports and the speeches that we are analyzing today that the problem of equal opportunities is , as many of us , knew , a problem of structural and that , in order to tackle , we need global strategies , because women are either one category nor a social group homogeneous , and still less collectively . it is true that i was rather sorry to see that maria de belém roseira no longer occupy this post . two of you have mentioned the new social rights , new rights tax . thirdly , they constitute the basis of a strategy with regard to the european union - even for the charter of fundamental rights , the fact of having prepared with a view to the current situation has played an important - but they are also offer the possibility nationally , 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 context of the interinstitutional agreement and , consequently , parliament can in no insisting on these amendments comitology since , in a way , they have been overtaken by the new interinstitutional framework . non-negotiable not nevertheless , i personally think that the text approved by parliament responded much better than the new realities which gave rise to the single market and the liberalisation of markets , insofar as the elements of clarificatory and control that introduisaient amendments not accepted safeguard greater respect for the regulation and the application of the same procedures . continues at the time if we want to third countries must accept the compromise , the european community must be the first to be applied in order to ensure compliance with its own standards , because if a country has the opportunity to introduce products onto the market communautaire by smuggling , why will the death penalty negotiate some sort of concession with us ? the same way , the european parliament 's amendment concerning the declaration of illegal immigrants , which was adopted by the council , will enable customs administrations of member states to be retro-fit instruments for managing automated most modern . but it is too late now because the vote has just taken place and the members have voted in favour of it . votes ( continuation ) 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 equal opportunities for women and men in the european union - 1997 , 1998 and 1999 ' [ com ( 1998 ) 302 - c5-0106 / 1999 ) ( com ( 1999 ) 106 - c5-0289 / 2000 ) ( com ( 2000 ) 123 - c5-0288 / 2000 - 1999 / 2109 ( cos ) ] . ' . this is not the first time that i speak on the mobility of students and teachers from corps . this report is even more important when it comes at a critical time for the european union , namely that of enlargement . this discrimination does not mean the creation of additional administrative services , but only in the minds of people . combats . i did not vote for the mann report , because if it is indeed necessary to seek to ensure equal treatment of persons in the field of employment and labour , yet we should not galvanise the overzealousness in point of abandon any protection freedoms and respect for the rule of law . as a secular convinced , i was unable to me associate myself . the snp fully welcomes this directive and its aim to end discrimination in the workplace . if we want to make the directive acceptable and exécutable , it cannot be overburdened with literature and longings who do not belong in a legislative text . the eplp is concerned , however , reservations on the following areas . some aspects should also , in our view , be left to the discretion of member states , such as the general terms of application of the organisation of training for workers in some age groups , the nature of the system of mediation and the way in which smes must interpret the directive . in this interview , mr van hulten remarked that only the resolution on issues such as fraud , wastage , but also the lack of effectiveness in the decision-making process , we will start with a positive agenda . rightly the reasons for the thrust of my vote being pertains in large measure , with the issue of the rapprochement between the european union and nato and to the boost given to the common defence policy . there are also mentions european arms exports as a means of resolving the conflict fta local geographical areas bordering on europe . however , i cannot accept that there uttering the need for a common defence policy and a european security and defence policy . children are the victims of violence on television . i welcome the study . a group of experts will also be represented at community level . it will task for the creation of a memorandum establishing general principles for the protection of minors in the context of the media . dybkjær report ( a5-0198 / 2000 ) it is particularly interesting that the first time , be addressed to the need to pursue the evaluation of the effectiveness of the political initiatives by means of the commission 's annual reports . peru mr president , peru are currently experiencing of uncertainty and we all hope that the current situation can be resolved by means of a process , guaranteeing all civil and political rights and contributing to the strengthening of democracy and peace peru , where 25 000 people died in the last fifteen years . devouring the word in question is the word ' democracy ' . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the conditions under which took place elections in peru in may this year were unacceptable . b5-0793 / 2000 by mrs ainardi and others , on behalf of the group of the european united left / nordic green left , on the situation of women in afghanistan . i am glad that the report contains certain points precise and clear on the situation of women and that it draws attention to the need to try to intervene in order to prevent the taliban regime does continues its implementation of discrimination disconnection of women . the eu has an important task . there can be recognition on the part of any member state , as will continue the policy of violation of human rights , especially in systematic discrimination with regard to women . we must take account of this reality , within the european institutions , and the fact that the cultures of drugs are used to buy arms . it will nevertheless manner resolute neighbouring countries , so that they improve their chances of combating drugs . i think it is time to reiterate the need for the european union is starting to dawn a comprehensive policy towards the countries of latin america , which could prevent these countries flux periodically crisis situations such as some have experienced . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the commission and the house welcome the release of father jesuit spaniard alejandro matos castro last week . b5-0782 / 2000 by mr haarder , on behalf of the party of the european liberal , democrat and reform party , on macedonia : legislation in higher education and universities ; and that is why we are very pleased that the problem of high-education perhaps has finally found really positive . for my part , i see above all a good example , for all neighbouring countries , demonstrating that education does not serve only to spreading hatred - as is the most often - but that it can also be the birthplace of a multi-ethnic coexisting peacefully . i would also have liked this solution will be approved by all the parties represented in parliament . perhaps i can take the opportunity to stress that the commission has already been congratulate itself on its cooperation with the high representative , mr van der stoel . we are not only to express our deep sorrow . we are having to look at what has happened , what are the causes and how we are going to remedy the situation , how can we , as the commission and parliament , to ensure that such events do not occur again . this debate today is mainly in any case , mr president , we agree with this joint motion for a resolution that we support as it is libellée , under the urgency , and on the basis , it goes without saying , from what i mentioned earlier . we disagree with the amendments which were tabled also under the urgent procedure . for the amendment on working conditions , there is a directive related to the wording of amendment is not too satisfactory that text . it is simply not acceptable for islands north and the west of scotland , as for the itinerary potential of crossing the north sea towards the european continent which i hope the inaugurated in the near future . i am pleased that the greek government has meanwhile annulled this exemption . that is why , following the shipwreck of ship samina express the commission has asked the greek government to provide clarification on the application of community law in force . immediately i would like to raise the question , and i ask you to clarify this with the bureau , if , after the abolition of friday , the abolition of thursday did not already embarked on a certain side . this problem has not been solved and as long as it will not , the international financial institutions - the imf and world bank - will be unable to help the democratic serbia . consequently , we must also work at un level with the countries of former yugoslavia to reach an agreement which can unfreeze , when the time of freedom arrives in serbia , aid and economic - via the imf and the world bank as quickly as possible . in these moments will perhaps be playing into the streets of belgrade the advent of a democratic change where the use of violence can be avoided . we all condemn the acts that can be regarded as a provocation , especially as regards the holy places in jerusalem . in relation to the middle east , we europeans , have made an effort - venice , madrid and oslo , stockholm - and we really have supported the promotion and the development process . the fact that most shocking concerns the use of bullets breaking up by the police and army israeli ; these bullets , which disintegrating under the corps in tens of pieces and which are banned at international level , even in the fighting opponent soldiers , are now engaged against civilians . i believe that europe can and must make a great deal in this direction , with clarity and decision-making . we must therefore do everything to stop the fire underway as quickly as possible . the provocations such as the action of ariel sharon that must not happen . that is the case today , and that is what prevents and has prevented europe , in all these years , to play a mediate in the middle east , abandoning our role to the usa . again we do not sacrifierons the serbian people in our noble objectives moral because that could mean the death of thousands of people in serbia and yugoslavia . to conclude , madam president , i propose to send a parliamentary delegation as quickly as possible and as soon as a new government yugoslav will formed in order to establish the plans for the reconstruction of a new serbia in conjunction with this new government . madam president , ladies and gentlemen , we clearly have an historic day within this parliament , which will mark the end of one of the last cornerstones of a totalitarian dictatorships in europe . inhabit perhaps mr president , there is a problem , the german version of compendium concerning the topical and urgent - i do not know if it is also the case for the other versions - contains only the rapporteur 's amendments gue / ngl group , but no proposal for a resolution , or even the joint text . mr president , i should just like to draw the attention of my colleagues on the pile which show what documents we have had a great need for the votes of this week . if parliament could propose amendments to the council decision , it clearly probably unemployment and social problems in croatia , which are due to the regime of austerity imposed upon that country . nevertheless , there is no such legal basis for such amendments in this context . this is an opportunity to claim the same objectives as regards the eib 's activities . mr president , we discussed yesterday evening , from within this house , the question of serbia and revolutionary changes which will occur there . i also wish to convince our colleagues , and especially the council , to continue negotiations with the coming months on the budget for next year and the subsequent years , most faithful to the commission 's proposal , which , in my view , is so far the best estimate the overall costs in croatia and in other parts of the balkans . possible in 1990 , the democratic elections held in this country were deemed fair and free from international opinion . so i say yes to the financial assistance , yes to this and i urge the commission to help this country profoundly european and henceforth really governed democratically and according to the principles of the rule of law , to associate candidates for accession , because i believe that croatia has earned our unconditional support . guarantee energetically massively as the rapporteur , i wonder whether the money allocated to this end will actually available , all the more than it appears that a huge amount of money should be provided shortly to serbia and that the european union 's budget is not revised upwards . the delegations of the croatian parliament and the ours too have invited the council to extend the mandate of the eib . i hope that contacts are being noueront quickly and that , as in croatia , aid will be granted to the serbian people , who deserves our greatest respect . ( the minutes were approved ) in this spirit , we call on parliament to participate in this deputation : there will be an appeal tuesday and wednesday and we will earn the signatures and participation in the delegation , the intention explicit to build , between women and bridges peace where gripping violence . women in general , there was much more suffering for basques and for spaniards ; it is true that the spanish and basques are tired of the current conflict . madam president , you will recall that in the last part-session , i mentioned the plight of a campaigner , the british james mawdsley , who was detained illegally by the burmese authorities . upstanding madam president , as far as i am concerned , i would like to speak out of the regulation . in reality , this report from the technical façade , which does not provide for greater modification of political , is extremely important insofar as it introduces the possibility of practise the genetic engineering in viticulture and thus to reach a winegrowing genetically modified . slipped ; if we do not agree with the report , there will delays . the council of state - as you said - has rejected this appeals and we did duly informed of this rejection . but today the situation is repeated and concerns a colleague , admittedly ppe , but not in my camp policy in italy . that is why we call for the introduction of a scoreboard for more social , as has been the case for the internal market , with clear measures , deadlines and deadlines . actively i hope , madam minister , that the council will be inspired by the parliament 's expectations and that you will manage , at the nice summit , to set ambitious objectives in a european social agenda which we can then we grips over coming years . following on from the council informal ' employment and social policy ' dated 8 july in paris , the presidency had asked for the whole of players - european parliament , of course , economic and social committee , committee on regional and social partners , ngos , groups and committees of the council - for him to make their proposals . pit the quantity to quality is a false debate and lisbon has been clearly established a dual purpose : to create more and more jobs , better quality . we must encourage this mobility , while ensuring the safety of paths professional . we must try summing up and describe the shortcomings of the system and , in any case , we must put them in the agenda . we believe that the open coordination is the path to go towards a social europe . the implementation of ambitions societal posted at lisbon termed an effort community-spirited , an action plan for the creation of jobs in the services , including those related to the information society . the commission can of course provide a significant contribution , but social problems at local level , and it must be addressed by taking account of different contexts . concrete greatly underpin the social stumbled as corrective effects of the most adverse economic policies . the proposal submitted originally proposed by the commission would have been much better unamended - congratulations , commissioner . this is an ambitious agenda . i can still remember how we advanced grievously in terms of social protection during the previous legislature . i think that this will be very positive and help women to reconcile family and working lives . i sometimes get the impression that , under the concept of modernisation , people often think to strip the welfare of its substance . what are the fundamental elements of content ? there is still difficult to define european objectives which will be equally apply in all member states , since there is a reality diverse . 49 amendments were tabled in committee . it is therefore important that we deliver guarantees regarding the possibility that will non-governmental organisations to influence this process . another point is that the community must intervene more in the assessment of needs further initiatives , including , if necessary , adaptation of the regulation , equal opportunities and the fight against discrimination . this is not as good ideas and good plans in order to achieve equality , have missed it in the past , but their implementation has often failed . it is not right that the voice of women or those with a handful of professional 's demand living thanks to the perfusion of public money . equality between men and women into civilian life , which allows women to enjoy full of human rights and fundamental freedoms . i expect that the actors are interested finally and that they are fighting for stereotypes and of roles between the sexes exceeded . male however , i believe that we must thank the rapporteur for having followed this debate , given that its presence did not scheduled during this debate . competition policy we must offer our businesses the best possible conditions so that they can organise their production and , above all their future . they must have a wider choice of products to high-quality sold at competitive prices : it is , ultimately , the reason why we need to promote the single market and , in parallel , free competition , because it gets off all our citizens . it is the decision to grant or not to grant national aid in the coal and steel sector . point 16 of the riis-jørgensen report addresses the desire to improve legal certainty at the entreaties of mergers and making it more efficient and more rapid timetables applicable procedures of appeal . in any event , it is an nationalised companies who need them strength rather a fine business management , but to monopoly position past and present . we think it is necessary to involve citizens more in the information on competition policy , so that it recognises the benefits . they have a considerable importance for employment and regional policy and i want it to misunderstanding about this in future , so that these aid , aid home , who have implications for regional development and the economy of the regions , where transportations are taking a typical example , can be pursued . value this communication contains three important messages . i should also like to thank mr evans for her excellent report on the arrangements for state aid to the steel-making industry and on the eighth committee 's report on state aid in the european union . i would therefore like to reassure mrs palacio and mr karas , along with other members who have spoken on these points , and tell them that the regulation takes largely take account of their concerns . otherwise , we should goal , namely encourage 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 is still in force during the third phase of economic and monetary union only for the member states which do not participate in the single currency . mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i welcome the fact that we can still discuss on today 's proposal for a council directive amending directive 68 / 193 / eec on the marketing of forest reproductive material of the vine , and i hope that tomorrow 's vote will be positive . some of them were launched , on 5 july , the appeal of beaune , where they ever-tougher throughout their concern about the introduction of gmos in their profession . the rules that they are also in favour of the production of a hardware vegetal varied providing the best guarantees sanitation , which is fundamental to accompany the restructuring of vineyards community-spirited , focal points of the new com vini-viticole . anticipate effectively , we must say so loud and clear , there was no need to gaver articles of the directive 's reference to directive 90 / 220 ongoing review , except in wanting to promote the full force in the vines are genetic manipulation . i am pleased to inform you that we can accept in addition , amendments nos 35 to 40 , tabled by mr graefe zu baringdorf , who tend to strengthen the transposal of safety requirements and management concretized in directive 90 / 220 . i would simply like to point out that parliament has not been asked to comment as such . madam president , it is about paragraph 14 of our minutes on the request for waiver of parliamentary immunity of our college pacheco pereira . i shall be more specific on qualified majority . on the weighting of votes , the two options well-known remain on the table : weighting simple for which a slight , very slight majority is confirmed , or double majority , but with various formulas , dual simple majority or repondérée or a form of ' fillet demographics ' . also , moreover , without prejudice to any assessment of needs and coordination of economic assistance and financial aid to the federal republic of yugoslavia , which will be entrusted to the european commission and the world bank , the european council in biarritz decided to grant the federal republic of yugoslavia initial emergency humanitarian aid of eur 200 million . conjuction however , you see , ladies and gentlemen , if i wanted to tell you quite frankly , i would say this : irrespective of the sensitivity of these issues - composition of the commission and voting system - it is not on this basis that we can gauge the success or failure of nice . spontaneously and my feeling also capitulating to approval by the heads of state and government of the charter of fundamental rights , but i must nonetheless remind you , mr president-in-office , the reason that has made this possible . approbation positive as we do not need to starve to slackness and the spirit of nice , our fundamental priority over 50 days remaining will be to raise the negotiations at political level . in this sense , i would also like to address meps of the european people 's party - and i would ask mr poettering to hear me - because what we champion in this house , we should defend outside . as far as we know the results achieved by the prime ministers and presidents-in-office to biarritz on issues highly sensitive to reform the treaty , the charter will probably the most wonderful success of nice . the council would really expectations perceive europe by launching a great consultation populations , the national parliaments , enabling us to reach a charter responsiveness really needs . we must therefore launch an appeal to everyone to return to the origins of our union , have the courage which have taken valéry giscard d ' estaing and mr schmitt in deciding the election by universal suffrage in 1979 and decide that in 2009 we shall ultimately a president of the european union , the commission president . the european parliament in 1976 and i would like in particular , in this respect , respond to what was said by mr poettering on the rift between large and small countries . i have just returned from a word simply on matters of external trade policy , because it is a matter of quite seriously . that is surely something of precious which has been highlighted by all members of the european council . another positive point was the adoption of the charter in its entirety . besides , it seems to me on this crucial issue for the future of the european union and its decision-making method , biarritz marked issues and we must welcome them . i hope we can still convince , headway , for prevail over this point in nice . i cite two examples : the one hand , there is the right to work in the right to work and the other hand , a number of social rights understood in the social charter revision of the council of europe do not find themselves in the charter . it is clear from the debates which took place throughout europe , including those of biarritz , member states that the greatest seek , in part , to put pressure on the smallest member states in order to reform the european union in accordance with the line followed by the larger countries and also according to their desires . policy the disaffected on both sides are proof for negotiators that they are working towards bringing the balance right . the leaders of europe has not made clear vision . a commission structured on criteria of portrayal of each state betrays a conception little visionary . we would then have a centralised union , which would leave the small countries is less influence that the system of bicamérisme u.s. does not leaves provinces of small businesses . after the tampere summit , where all the parties concerned to find a solution to the crisis of violence and re-establish dialogue between barak and president arafat , we have seen , however , there has been this moment where it seemed to succeed , it is extremely difficult to contain the violence . sharm-el-sheikh had been met spite the bad informers , of course , mean to say to mr barón things which are not real about italy 's and my party . it is important that we can make progress in matters of taxation of energy in europe . the latter has undergone a total deadlock until now owing to the principle of unanimity . we cannot allow itself to a situation in which the small states , would to fear a drift towards solutions to directorate-general . deploying i believe that the convention has produced an excellent report and i am proud to have been able to count amongst its members . in this particular case , the question will be : when will operate this principle of rotation strictly egalitarian between large and small . second the extension of qualified majority voting with the codecision procedure , the preservation of article 250 as it stands today , the establishment and the commission 's role in the intensified cooperation and not just on the first pillar : these are some elements which will enable us to judge instantanément if there is , ultimately , or success . failure to genuine subjects mr president , thank you for jacques delors , thanks to altiero spinelli and to fernand herman , thanks to all of the carlo ciampi , of joschka fischer , jacques chirac , of michel barnier to pierre moscovici , chris patten to costa simitis , passing through florence , and by the multitude of current meps who recaptured , from 1999 , the great movement for a european constitution . vaclav havel , , firstly , on do not contest overladen with europe , and this is a socialist which you have said : it has given us greater wealth for all . market-driven accordons-nous at least on this objective , and since we are doing , say how . mr president , i had the satisfying to note that in substance , the proposals presented recently at the intergovernmental conference are along the same way as all or part of the criteria that i exposed . mr president , commissioner , rapporteurs , ladies and gentlemen , you have liked to have this morning , a debate on issues on which your chamber deemed it necessary to complement the opinion on the intergovernmental conference that she was issued in april . thus , while respecting constitutional framework exists , it seems difficult - i say - to provide for more than a procedural point of view consultative parliament at the eruption . as you well know , this requires us to make some political choices , a scope significantly greater than the regulation of three requirements laid down highest . i myself have stressed that the formula retained for the charter was an avenue to explore . but i have understood that beyond the aspect linguistically , your question hid these another concern . this is also why i wanted to say thank you , and on the substance and content , the initiative which you have taken . the establishment of closer cooperation should not lead to the creation of new bodies which would added to the european union 's institutions . it is time to revise the treaties . the rejection of the european council to incorporate the charter of fundamental rights of the european union in the founding treaties , we must make these rights legally-based and allow the way people whose rights are not have been adhered to accede to the european court of justice , interferes in this consensus is fundamental . otherwise , we did not achieves this europe of citizens and citizens in my view . paragraph 8 : the constitution treating - and i quote - " questions left open ' . nobody has yet been able to tell me what would have changed since then . secondly , compared with an agenda insufficient , which has been left aside matters of particular importance for the future of the european union and the interest of european citizenship . mr president-in-office , that on the eve of revolution bolchevique - something which should have disastrous consequences throughout the world - the orthodox church was plunged into a debate on the style of clothes ' of ceremony to wear during the carême . russian complex deluding it is therefore imperative that the cooperation offer any guarantees that was recommended by the rapporteur , that they are open to all , in compliance with the spirit of the treaties , and that they did not go against the will of the acquis communautaire . however , there is one point i would like accentuate : it does not seem right to demand or strive towards referendum obligatory in all member states for the approval of the proposed amendments . we have had a very lively debate on two issues which , although variety , meet with one point . we are prepared to make sure that it can be put to the vote during the november part-session , so that the text be adopted under the french presidency . ( parliament adopted the resolution ) that means " the introduction of the opportunity to retire incrementally via the part-time work , if it is not a threat to the retirement age , however much too high actuality in many countries ? ' everyone knows that pensioners , such as children , love jams . i asked to pensioners who have spoken before me mandated here in parliament , with the pensioners ' party is in their sort of drink wine genetically modified . or , even by derogation , to put on the market material from multiplication standard , when the needs cannot be covered by other categories . i therefore ask you , mr president : the cost of labour does not form , for this reason , they also have a limit to free competition within the european union ? fluctuate it was therefore inevitable that we vote against this report .. despite the measures in favour of greater deregulation within the european union , state aid still have a constructive role to play in the social and economic development . these aid may be necessary to protect the environment , the maintenance of public services and to guarantee a high level of income equals the inhabitants of structurally weak regions . we underline the risk , after the control of the eu on state aid is important to see it targeting the aid of a small amount invoking competition made smes . enshrinement section vi , economic and social committee if one consults the échéanciers implementing the budget for categories 2 , 3 , 4 and 7 , we see that only an average of 8 % of total commitments are covered by payments . there are three years , we have endeavoured via our the employment initiative in helping small and medium-sized enterprises in obtaining capital at risk . parliament wants to do this in two ways . it is then that the european institutions meet their mission . i take the opportunity to expressly thank the vice-president responsible for budgetary matters , our colleague , mr schmid for his constructive cooperation . we want this committee should be capable of working , but we cannot allow it to be the place where the requirements of the european parliament , as part of the budgetary authority , faced with a less echoing . this means that the financial year 2001 is the last year 's budget to fully-fledged and it is against that background that we must assess the commission 's proposal and one that we are submitting to parliament . we also want to look at administrative expenditure . since 1985 - i repeat - the committee on budgets , parliament is trying to achieve that procedures of the european parliament must take account of the financial impact of the resolution that vote in parliament . 85 i conclude , mr president , i would like to thank the other institutions for their diligence in dealing with this joint statement . you are being asked today to give your opinion on a budget which has already been amended at first reading by the council . regarding structural actions : the amount of structural actions has generally been perpetuated by comparison with the 2000 budget . the council 's attitude with regard to the financial perspectives is fluid . when you look at these different figures , we see that still remain significant differences in terms purely quantitative but also , of course , in terms of content . in this respect , i must point out that , last year , a new decision was taken with the council at the end of a lengthy debate and i have some hope of being able to take up this debate . the financial perspective agreed in berlin for the period abreast of up to 2006 foresaw 8,1 billion euros for the meda programme . i would therefore ask the council and to the committee on budgets to think in terms of foreign policy and not just in terms of budgetary policy , when they are dealing with foreign policy . the second concerns the aid to victims violations of human rights in need of treatment in the institutions specialised . if a compromise solution to slam the important work of the committee affairs emanated from being released during the remaining time , we could still settle this issue ; otherwise , the position of our committee remains open . confidence-inspiring we need to remind you of the day after day to put our positions on television and the fact that the middle east is going through a difficult period . that is why i hope that we succeed in spite of everything , tomorrow 's vote , the majority required for the monitoring centre in dublin . mr president , on behalf of the committee on agriculture and rural development , i would like to make a few remarks and especially for a start , on rural development . we asked the approval of a credit illustrative of two million euros for an information campaign on the cfp . the european commission should negotiate with the arguments of weight to reach a reasonable agreement with morocco and the council and the governments concerned must pre-occupation with them lend political support to this negotiation . we see today that the 2001 budget , bearing in mind pictures of the serbian population . as a whole , we want these amendments . however , a route through which citizens can ensure that their concerns are taken into account is either the appeal to the ombudsman , either the dispatch of a petition to parliament . chunk i shall begin by discussing the budget of this house . at the surprise of many members of my delegation , we have at the beginning of september produced a unanimous platform . thus , the 400 amendments tabled by my colleagues have formed a surprise to many of us in the committee on budgets . strategic it is difficult to imagine how new posts could solve the problem of management if the commission as to the council , are still some complex procedures of another age who are used to implement many programmes . in recent years , this parliament has repeatedly shown that it departure its work on a parsimony real . it is unacceptable to speak , for years , in very vague about the commitments and the re-endorse regularly if it is to say , when it comes to its accounts , that enough is enough for us and that we now need to restricting on our promises . if we do not imagine that some unfortunate million on these lines , and we cannot do much more - we agiterons a carrot than we will withdraw if these people will be really need . as last year 's budget , the budget for 2001 was located facing problems practically insoluble ; firstly , the pressure for the consolidation and a policy of austerity , as agreed in the interinstitutional agreement , in order to guarantee the financing of enlargement ; on the other hand , the need sorely financing of the stability pact for the balkans . demand for better performances also calls for more staff . the adoption of this amendment , in its original version , could begin to change the datum , but the majority of the committee on budgets rejected this idea . and here too , unfortunately , there are many other examples : the privileged treatment given to vocation or the many ngos to function , with the philosophy and functioning of the most controversial , the financing of european political parties , passing through them are taken in the prince programme , to try to persuade the citizens of member states of the validity of the euro at a time when the european currency is experiencing a loss of confidence broadly shared by all europeans , to our friends danes until the leaders of the european central bank . associations federalist finally , our colleague mr heaton-harris has rightly pointed out , in the amendments he has proposed , one-sidedness of many european programmes which are being serves as a whole propaganda for the citizen , about european integration , and it has its own costs , as well . note through furthermore , our administrative systems must be modernised . we must also set a good example . the meda programme , enshrined in the mediterranean basin , geographical area of the utmost importance strategically , constitutes a good example of lack of capacity to implement . when we talk about making reductions or to take the money to category 4 for giving resources to certain priorities , we must not forget what the priorities of the house . we have demonstrated this quite clearly during the vote in committee . this amount should therefore be the subject of a clarification . thank you , mr wynn . this means that there is a real elements of flexibility to move forward on this or that policy , even when someone , it cannot or do not want , and what applies to the countries of the european union applies to the candidate countries . demur i think that austria is not to complain about what has happened , quite the contrary . the recommendations of the regional organisations as well as the experiences of neighbouring countries will undoubtedly contribute to the definition of these resources . in 1984 , 0,2 % of owners columbians had 32 % of the earth . the council is not here to comment on this or that aspect of this issue which is extremely difficult and painful . at the same time , there is no longer engage as having a debate on issues which are , once again , an extremely complex . question no 10 by ( h-0722 / 00 ) : therefore , i definitely well to give a definitive answer on this difficult issue . we just have the feeling , and your reply bears this out somewhat , that the council presidency is not very proactive in dealing with this issue . therefore , the income from this tax will obviously not nil . i , too , to apologise , but we are going to apply the regulation . if the tilted right from the chamber remained silent , that is why we have already dealt with these issues and in our opinion it is pointless to return repeatedly on the same themes in the chamber while our time is valuable . previously furthermore , in anticipation of the adoption of this directive on the prevention of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies , a decision on the removal of specified risk material fraught with danger in the light of these diseases was adopted in june 2000 , to eliminate any progression news of the epidemic and to ensure that consumer confidence in the level of health protection as large as possible . i have no other factors than those that i could give you just now . we piecemeal and we are familiar with the work of the commission and council on the erika package 1bn . however , in relation to this passage , who is familiar with both countries and known within the european union , which is a particularly difficult , harks back to largest boats to gain a few hours , with the risk that the old tankers will fail and lead to disaster , i would have liked to know , and especially those living in corsica , of sardaigne would have liked to know whether it will be possible , and if you intend to prohibit purely and simply the passage of bouches of bonifacio by these largest boats , these major casks . passage through just come this is why i believe we must , in principle , support the commission 's proposals for the revision of the policy of staff . we must inject money from expenses in the budget for serbia and kosovo . i hope , mr president , i shall conclude by saying that , it will surely scrapping the lines of the budget of eur 50 million to finance the peace agreement israel / plo . that is why we propose to the european parliament , the new measures which will serve to seek a new funding - we know that the current economic climate , does not permit - that the new interinstitutional which will improve the quality of expenditure and will ensure that no euro should not be wasted . finalise compromise less remember that in european policy , as in any other area , the options gentle depleting sometimes to be a majority . it is designed to overshadow rather than to clarify matters , and i was disappointed by the attitude adopted today with regard to the activity-based budgeting . the fact that the conditions attaching expenditure depending on their activities enables us to consider the budget as a political instrument with which the break-down of expenditure reflects the political priorities dot . we must find a solution in order not duty , year after year , reviewed every time how we can find the money for the reconstruction of the balkans . multi-annual who is interested in the development of an agricultural sector does not mean that the dynamics of the recent reform , as it was agreed in berlin , " circulates from ' constantly of aid to the raw material support to direct income of farmers . sustainable researches station a budget , ladies and gentlemen , is still much more than a simple danced to figures . finally , it is immoral , mr president , to reduce expenditure for the common agricultural policy , for the meda programme , for socially-excluded , in view of devoting resources intended to finance the commitments of the european union in kosovo and in yugoslavia . clearly , we need to ensure that the serbian population does suffers from the cold and the hunger during the winter . furthermore , i would like to express my concern to see the various parliaments for young amalgamated in the socrates programme . of course , it must also be clear to the council that it bears a share of responsibility in the development inadequate in some external programmes . we now need a stable solution regarding these aid , especially when it comes to their long-term planning for the western balkans . i think that most people would be prepared to accept such a cost , provided that this money is used to good effect . i share the concerns and arguments that the rapporteur , mrs rühle has raised this evening in research and of social assistance . there are two weeks ago , was held in the joint parliamentary assembly acp countries . at the same time , we want budgetary resources are being invested in the funds for research and information in order to find alternative production for tobacco producers in current . i want to make it clear that the european union has had the effect of more direct and more positive than you can imagine on northern ireland , . in this model , compliance with rules and procedures is guaranteed by an independent authority and , in the final instance , by judges . we shall thus , for the first time , a codecision procedure at first reading on a text extremely complex and riddled with technical difficulties , concerning a particularly sensitive sector for the protection of civil liberties . it is entirely positive that we did not collated in a single authority their respective duties . for example , that the schengen system has more than ten million statements about almost one and a half million people , that europol sees its skills constantly broadened , involves centralisation information from various services of the fifteen member states , and that , under the control of an authority which neither the competence nor the resources are made available to enable it to fulfil truly another task . single-handedly known reaped policing having said this , i benefiting from the commissioner 's presence to say that it would seem appropriate to consider not only for the protection of public compared with the new technologies , but also for the use of these technologies for promoting the capacity of the european citizen to intervene and to interact with regard to european institutions . amendments nos 1 , 2 , 4 , 10 , 12 % to 40 , 42 to 54 , 57 and 58 and 60 to 64 reintroduce the text of the council for those points where the commission cannot endorse . numérotés it goes without saying , therefore , that its opinion on the legislative proposals concerning the protection of personal data will be very valuable insofar as it will represent an important contribution to the debate lawmaking between institutions . the treaty acknowledges indeed outermost regions to an economic and social situation difficult , exacerbated by the handicaps kerry whose permanence and the combination revolve seriously damaging the development of these regions . it thus contribute to the promotion of economic and social progress , thanks to a level of employment fluids . i therefore congratulate mrs sudre and we impatiently await the methods of application of the commission 's proposals so that it will be taken into account corner of specificities pursuant to article 299 ( 2 ) of the treaty of amsterdam . for many europeans , some of the outermost regions are not that of tourist destinations sur la carte . our unemployment figures are among the highest in the european union . i am delighted that the commission has adopted a large majority of the amendments that i had tabled . it is very important , in my opinion , that outermost regions are integrated into the trans-european transport , energy and telecommunications . the adoption , unanimous support of the committee on regional policy , the report presented by our colleague margie sudre is an expression of the fidelity of parliament vis-à-vis one of its commitments the most important . we cannot discuss a set of circumstances and believing that from the point ideal and idyllic - let thereby - has been achieved , it will no longer be necessary to take further steps in the treatment of these three areas and , more particularly , outermost regions , which is at issue here . this article , ladies and gentlemen , we cannot allow admittedly not to do everything , but it allows us to strengthen and , i think it is necessary , to extend and improve our action . preparation for the proposals which are necessary , the commission obviously cooperates with member states and the regions concerned . in these regions , we know , there is permanently difficulties and i believe , therefore , objectively , according to their actual level of development , that they will require permanent support for regional policy and the special measures . a meeting of this kind could again be organised in the course of the year 2001 , when we will be further developed in the implementation of the programme presented in march . the presidency has said it was closed and i accept perfectly . i believe that parliament has done well to keep to the current rules because , as stated another colleague , very often , indeed , these are not machines which have not worked , but the members who have forgotten to vote , and if you could correcting one vote later on , we have not or never . i am obviously what i eats . in short , commissioner , in addition to the palestinian authority , that the commission services responsible , in cooperation and coordination with member states , establish a system of controls homogenous and effective throughout the food chain and that the network of the european union should be strengthened and works in conjunction with the commission . laboratories agri-foodstuffs we must avoid any duplication in terms of activities and scientific research , which involves cooperation with national research centres and national and community . today , we are talking about a white paper and we have an interest in define certain principles . now , these procedures have been amended and changed and we have our own agency national food safety , the food standards agency . finally , we will also support a number of new amendments , more specifically , amendments nos 11-13 , and we want a vote in awareness about amendment no 14 . 7-9 in this context , i would like to say straight away that food safety depends entirely on the organised by the authorities of stringent controls - controls which are too stringent than the weakest link weak . it is clear from the examination of this question is how superficial and vacuum this debate on political unification of europe . so are giving to the european food safety authority will only experiment , in conjunction with our national agencies . scientist if it does pinpointed the progress of the main diseases origin , food affecting the europe presently most , have done in reality they first appearance in latin america . nevertheless , it is imperative to define the conditions of referral of the food safety authority to ensure effective and rapid . we should also emphasise , as well as some previous speakers , in particular mr whitehead and mrs gebhardt , that the white paper is more than a new regulatory framework within the european union . mr president , i feel today is both a satisfaction and recognition of , on the one hand , with regard to the commission has promised that work in favour of a better food safety , and the other hand owe mr bowis and the whole of the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy . amendment no 17 seems particularly important . it stipulates that might ask council to consumer organisations . another aspect is the revision of the rules on labelling , both for sale in great detail , a review which gives lastly , thanks to the traceability of products and their ingredients and an accurate information to consumers and allow the determination of responsibilities possible in the event of risk or the crisis . well-structured that at in my opinion , the drafting of a new legislation is not a good response to the non-observance of existing legislation . during the vote on the environment committee , we managed to restore some balance in joins in the field of application of the issues relating to the nutrition and other key references to the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in the safeguarding of eating habits . mr president , i would like to join my colleagues in congratulating 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 no harm to the dual value that it is certainly . the rapporteur , as well as many members of the committee members , including myself , have placed the emphasis on the food authority , which is actually somewhat regrettable . the independence and autonomy of the body are trump card which serve the best interests of the european consumer . i have said a lot of time , during this time , we had the opportunity with the choice of the rapporteur . mr president , i would like to congratulate our colleague mr bowis for being genuinely tried to integrate all the views expressed in his report and , above all for having accepted that we référions also to the notion of more general policy of nutrition . in short , mr president , the policy cannot shirk its responsibilities . but above all , we must win the respect of peers and public confidence and persuade the governments of member states to accept its findings . that is how i see a future european food safety authority . there is the world health organisation in geneva . i do not disguise either , that in publishing the white paper , i voted against the creation of such an authority . we must therefore ensure that the european union has the highest possible standards of food safety , but this perception - shared unanimously - must also analyse the economic consequences which it creates for the sectors concerned by a requirement of production . the tasks of the agency will then the following : researching the independent scientific advice , inspections and controls , and that a rapid alert system , but surely also a task for coordination in order to restore confidence . self-employed i must say in passing , i would say to the speakers who have referred to the question of the need to show more sensitive to the promotion of products premises or traditional that this matter is covered by the legislation hygiene . this climate consensual will facilitate the task of the commission when the time to submit a balanced proposal which takes account of the opinion expressed by parliament and the many stakeholders in the field of food safety . maximum in fact , this issue has been in recent years as a driving forces which have led , political point of view , to the signing of the ottawa convention . i reiterate my opposition to amendments nos 10 and 19 for anguish of coherence and , with regard to amendment no 29 , i would ask the roll-call vote blocs in order to have an improved wording of the text which has suffered in my view the problems of interpretation budget that raises a preliminary question . the european union and especially the commission must do everything to ensure that those countries which are not yet done so signed the ottawa convention . - ( de ) mr president , ladies and gentlemen , we all know the impact of anti-personnel mines , although they are often in special cases of justifications military far-going . it is they who raised for the first time in 1996 , the question of a budget line horizontal and creating a proper legal basis in order to provide a unique platform for very many actions in this important area . but i cannot hide the fact that the powers of persuasion of the union to achieve this objective encountering somewhat from the reluctance of some member states which balk at sign and ratify the convention . the fight against anti-personnel mines gain in efficiency when it adapts to the pre-conditions within each situation . parliament knows that there are already too much and that thanks to our proposals for reform of the community aid , we hope we escape the control of individual projects and concentrate our debates with the member states on strategies and programmes norm . external clumsiness ngos have proliféré meet the . and yet it is important to note that around four years after the first un conference on landmines , which was held in geneva and over 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 unexploded ordnance . the commission needs to improve the quality of his programmes and speed up their implementation . however , i think that , if you are once again how very carefully , you will notice that there are several amendments which you mentioned in my view , relate to awareness campaigns , on transparency , on access reserved for ngos , on things which work very well at this moment but that could still function more effectively . read through mrs bonino and mr patten also have reason to say that parliament and the council does not deal with the administrative questions , and i have listened very carefully to the remarks made by mr patten on this matter , because he believes manifestly we ought to be even less concern ourselves with that . requisite mr president , follows a long time ago that our group intervenes actively on the entire spectrum of applications and measures which are needed , since the adjournment of the production destroying stocks , the judgment of the marketing , until the mine-clearing operations , the rehabilitation of victims and the awareness-raising . the member states then to support the peace process in international forums . mines are naturally represent a major obstacle to the reconstruction of these countries and the return of refugees . the pace at which we , as was said earlier , we need much more than 100 years to rid the world anti-personnel mines . the third concrete measures to propose , to monitor and to implement . for every child that we protect bosnia in africa and elsewhere in death or horrendous injuries mines , the efforts we are providing all are justified . we must indeed put pressure on the european union countries which have not signed , such as finland , or who have not ratified , such as greece . ladies and gentlemen , look finland ! finally , we hope that the future tasks of the common eu military force stakeholders on the training of technicians , especially for people who have an interest in the disappearance of local mines . we do not forget either that the list of countries most seriously affected is mainly composed of developing countries . accentuating the proposals of the european parliament cannot be more in harmony with the lisbon objectives . the rapporteur , mrs van lancker , hope that parliament decides to amend the commission 's proposal , mainly in add some areas where legislation is appropriate , and the other hand , by defining a number of rights at european level . this means that the luxembourg process , which applies to the employment policy , should be extended to social protection and social exclusion . the most superpowers such as germany , france , great britain and to some extent , italy , are all agreed to submit their miliary small countries of eastern europe or south seeking membership of the european union . however , we feel for legal reasons that it is a mistake to refer to article 6 of the treaty establishing the european community , because it is not able to be formally adopted within the convention - because of its structure - and therefore has not in existence for legal right now . we believe that the inclusion of a new text in the treaties and risk sow the legal confusion . furthermore , the rapporteur has done the echoes of the new theory into vogue in brussels , the so-called dual legitimacy of the european union : that of citizens represented by the european parliament and the member states represented by the council . the social democrats swedes and danes have today voted against the report drafted by mr olivier duhamel on constitutionalising the treaties . it is essential that the european union is moving towards a constitution which incorporates the charter of fundamental rights . a constitution only make sense if it was the democratic framework of a genuine european federation , the united states of europe . he said that we have understood , with a large part of the political class , that we préférions govern our relations with other countries by an international treaty . . ( en ) i welcome the report by mr duhamel as an interesting and constructive contributions to the idea of constitutionalising the treaties . they feel that a reorganizing and simplification of the treaties allow people to a better grasp the scope of the responsibilities of the eu , its limits , so that the procedures for exercising responsibilities in question . the charter of fundamental rights has been prepared on the basis of a convention involving national parliaments , the european parliament and government representatives . until the treaty of amsterdam in 1997 , europe was a super syndicate intergovernmental . the edd group has voted against the report gil-robles gil-delgado on enhanced cooperation . it is indeed the concept of a union far too monolithic , where all cooperation should express an opinion at home , the ' single institutional framework , and where they should all be multiplied the objective of the superstate . manifesto . ' we therefore need to avoid delaying the practicalities of whole and thus allow some member states to make progress in developing the mechanism of closer cooperation . the structures operational internal market has always been a success , since the early 1990s . . ( nl ) cooperation at european level can be useful to solve the problems transcend borders . these areas could be a fantastic laboratory in terms of sustainable development . the technocrats , european judges have tried to remove the granting of seafarers ' which feeds into our common resources of the overseas territories and above all protects our artisans . thereby . ' however , france owns the overseas territories in the indian ocean and in the caribbean . its independence will be an essential factor in its credibility . our vote was therefore clarified the role and composition of the future european food safety authority , but also assuring our demands regarding its financing and its independence . secondly , the european agency must be completely independent . we must take account of the kind of agricultural practices and agro-industrielles , imports of food , the composition of the ingredients in animal feed , the maximum levels of residues of pesticides , the components of foodstuffs and others , by giving priority to food safety . dioxins and problems goods we voted for amendment no 15 because we feel very strongly committed to protecting europe 's cultural heritage linked to the local food production . we do not have to margin in almost no category . we also want inscribe 50 % of the budget line and put 50 % in reserve . i note here that other proposals are designed to reduce the budget . report ( a5-0300 / 2000 ) by mrs haug , on behalf of the committee on budgets on draft general budget of the eu budget for 2001 - section iii - commission ( c5-0300 / 2000 - 1999 / 2190 ( bud ) ) madam president , i appear as signatory to some amendments to this report . ( parliament adopted the resolution ) the real surprised about this budget relates to external actions , where dominating the selfishness and meanness . other resources could be provided by means of the flexibility instrument . i voted against the haug report , the same way as i have voted in favour of my group 's motion for rejection of the general budget for 2001 . we refer in particular of the new pilot project which will finance information campaigns in the fight against paedophilia . this shows , to some extent , the lack of motivation which gives rise to the european project , even amongst the citizens politically active . 20 to 30 % of the markets will again proffered competition with private . given that this is not guaranteed in the report , i voted against the report . if one combines the low level of national boundaries , which décime premia , with the cuts proposed amounts of 5 % , 8.5 % for apples and pears and 10 % for the rest of the amount allocated to the market - understandable that , in large quantities of products processed fruit and vegetables , there will be no end to distribution . this would result in lower prices , the putréfaction products in the fields and in installations in conditioning of cooperatives , thereby forcing farmers to dig what they have cultured . withdrawal - for citrus fruit and vegetables sector as an overall inadmissible i voted for this report because it meets the expectations of organisations portugal 's horticultural sector , which are demanding a change of the com in fruits and horticultural products regarded profoundly damaging to the national interests . draconian report johan van hecke ( a5-0296 / 2000 ) this problem plunges rooted in the sacrifice of all , and everything , even in the quality of the environment and climate , on the altar of the capitalist exploitation of natural resources and profit disproportionate . the richest countries had decided to take care of the cleaning up their own atmosphere , even though it was also retro-fitting , within the limits strict , to put on their list of results reductions in emissions from that they will help to achieve elsewhere . kyoto their combating the greenhouse effect is a major challenge for industrialised countries , including a duty towards the people from third countries which already paying their lives for the consequences of global warming . . all the art is to adapt to it in intelligently . we must also ensure and strengthen the effort oriented towards the detection of substances suspected of termination of endocrine disrupters - perhaps in a legislative framework . the consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises do not benefit yet enough of the internal market , including the introduction of euro enshrines the completion . moreover , the latter have so far obliged banks to communicate with cross-border payments of over eur 12 500 to their central bank for the purposes of statistics in the balance of payments . these companies will obviously need to meet the same requirements in matters of safety and money-laundering . we even aware of cases in which charges for cross-border payments have risen later in the introduction of the euro , and this in proportions are considerable . transaction the european central bank could contribute by imposing a formula for remittance standardised for payments at european level , as well as by supporting the introduction of a single standard for the numbering of financial accounts within the international system iban . it is important that consumers acceptance of the euro . madam president , the report by mrs peijs , relating to payments in detail in the internal market , recapitulates the longstanding demand of the european parliament on the high cost of cross-border transfers within the union . the peijs report himself says in recital d of the draft resolution . i quote : " the high costs related to cross-border credit transfers undermine consumer confidence in the euro ' . we therefore still much to do in this area , but on this point , resources and means of economic policies are more limited than we can make to this question payments in detail in the internal market . the market of the euro is perceived as an area of justice and home affairs and citizens cannot understand why , in this area , where the risks involved in erm are spoilt and where electronic payments , including the banking transactions via the internet , are becoming increasingly currents , a remittance between munich and salzburg costs much more expensive than a remittance between munich and kiel . to this objective will require further , for you and us for many years of work . we also avail ourselves of the opportunity to consider the shorter time for the implementation of cross-border payments that the report by mrs peijs requests emphatically . the debate is closed . it seems a good policy to prefer a pragmatic approach and vicinity , which puts the small business at the heart of the device , rather than a proposal which , pretext to avoid the scattering of resources , not serve only to produce a fair statistics whose use practical would be perfectly possible . however specifically , i have three comments to make on this programme . we must remember that the first programme of community action in this area has been adopted in 1983 , i.e. there must seventeen year-olds . furthermore , i have always tried to achieve these objectives through an effective political and pragmatic . i would say that they are real economic commandos and innovation , situated on the front line and very exposed to risks inherent in this area . we will finally to take into account the results of the work of the symposium sciences and governance ' , which was held last week in brussels under the auspices of the centre of technology foresight in seville , as well as the follow-up to this symposium , because there are many interfering with the subject we are debating today . - the rapporteur identified a number of priorities designed to strengthen the spirit of enterprise level . it is good for the image of europe , because we can help the people of promptly , accurate and appropriate . mr president , i too would like to join in expressing my gratitude for the excellent work done by mrs montfort . the important thing is to find the right balance , to avoid that some people will not fail constantly at the expense of others . this is not fair , and i therefore support this report ! this is also the guiding principle of the charter for small businesses . the programme will ensure that networks provide this information . it is obvious that the main purpose of this plan is to stifle the exodus towards the countries of the european union , together with repatriate people who live illegally within the union . i specifically underlines the need for implementing measures to improve internal security , the strengthening of the dialogue between europe and regional authorities to albania and , as regards the commission and the council , the promotion of separate actions in cooperation with the albanian authorities , italy and greece . the absence of social , economic and political , combined with a lack of security and to organised crime inducing on flow of migration , droves . reports mr president , unlike my colleague mrs pack , in my view is that there will be groups which will give to albania , the better . it is clearly not possible to find a solution in its entirety , but in a slightly longer term , the aim is to create a world of fairness and right , which offers falsifiers safety and opportunities for the future . immediately there is also a chasm between , on the one hand , the donors , i.e. we all know , europe , the united states , which suspicion of money , which shaping projects , and the other hand , people who work on the ground . let the bilateral agreements , which , in a lawful and clear , the work of the length of stay , the place of residence , the remuneration , hours , working conditions and social security , so as to what the emigrants become a force which invests in value of our countries and will contribute to the friendship and cooperation between peoples and not to cultivation of aspirations nationalists and worthy of the cold war . economies and définiront men and women are re-exported so that they were more or less integrated . priority must be given the means to restrict the flow of migrants and refugees , but at the way to improve the living conditions of the region of such a way that people did not have to leave their homes . 0-26 mr president , i too believe that , as has rightly said , there is still at the heart of what constitutes the difficulties of albania - economic , social and internal security - the question of helping these countries to re-establish its state of law , to give security to its citizens , to restore the authority of its institutions and its local administrations . if mrs dimitrakopoulos i share the opinion of our colleague mr liese , whereby we need to establish a distribution of the policy on asylum and refugee policy . the action plan for albania has been adopted in june this year , and it is therefore the 6th of its kind . you see , in the population , a frustration , but also a ignorance of community law . we invite the european parliament and the other eu institutions should not shy away from the small business painful , to work with precision , to spend time and staff necessary to the performance of duties . disseminates with this report , we want to show citizens that we take seriously their complaints relating to the poor quality of legislation as well as those relating to regionalisation and at the centralisation excessive . the subject is of course important , even if the small number of those present to discuss it does not give necessarily supposing at first sight . in addition , and this is an essential point , the report tackles the issue of subsidiarity , which tonight , raises the controversial in this chamber . it would also very interesting because it takes an overview of the legislation in the light of this principle , making it simpler , more transparent , more efficient and more relevant in the densities texts redundant , as invites paragraph 6 of this report . having studied the report with great attention to , i have come to the conclusion that it is simply not even have a political principle but with a principle theological . we must therefore ensure recognition of the principle of subsidiarity until the smaller groups , realities , access to training , social families and citizens who are unique real sovereign on action legislative and administrative . autonomous constellations intermediaries , i shall therefore give you a brief overview of the situation . i give the floor to commissioner . what is an area where we should move towards a detailed regulation , with the guarantee that it will be implemented everywhere or should we move towards a voluntary agreement , provided that it can be implemented and controlled ? - ( de ) i voted in favour of the report , even if some of my amendments were not adopted , it is because it focuses too on the question of high costs of exchange rates and remittance in euroland . if when , in around fifteen months , the same coins and notes will be introduced in eleven member states , it will cost to obtain this new currency unit outside the country where one thrives . mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i would like to begin by saying that i regret that the commissioner for fisheries , mr fischler , cannot be here today . it should encourage cooperation in fisheries and the moroccan fisheries sector and the same time comply fully with the interests of fleets faring . we consequently have reached a consensus to work with the prospect of a responsible partnership , whereupon morocco presenting its views at a meeting to be held , as you pointed out , in brussels on 30 october , i.e. monday . a few weeks ago , i myself went to algeciras , on the south coast spaniard . this is not far from morocco . over time , we saw that they were not only difficult but also that they could become impossible . by means of fisheries agreements , the european union can exert of fishing activities and exchanging prerogatives fisheries agreements with third countries . i read in a reshaped technical swedish fisheries debate on how one of these vessels débarque its decision to el aaiún , which is described as a port moroccan . all this is being put to the tormentors . this is the whole of our fisheries agreements and not just with morocco because there is also mauritania and shortly guinea , amongst other things - who are second-guessed . it took eleven months to get to the point where we are now , namely the meeting on 30 and , in this sense , we also know appreciated the latest measures taken by commissioner fischler , the results of its journey from 26 to morocco and the meetings held at a high level , including with king . self-consciousness of focus but i would like to convey to the commission , today worthily represented by commissioner busquin , some messages very brief . my question to the commission is : if one does not reach an agreement with morocco , or if this agreement is reached in terms reported by the commission , an agreement which stimulates production , the commission intend to take structural measures to compensate for the delay which will happen in the regions affected ? moroccan as foreseen , the difficulties of negotiating with the moroccan authorities have been considerable . finally , in the case , regrettable , where the negotiations fail , the european union has the political and moral duty to support fishermen and shipowners aid by means of satisfactory and capable of securing their livelihoods . we must reduce the over-capacity of the fishing industry community-related . that is why we need urgently to a close economic and political relations with morocco , while at the same time defending the interests of our european fishermen . that is why the commission is working on the basis of a new partnership seeking an interesting development both sides , on the one hand , the development of the fishing fleet , aquaculture , transformation of trade , research and the other hand , the granting of fishing opportunities for european fishermen . scrutinised morocco , with the rights of language lecturers the difference is clear , and not just in german . in july 1999 , the commission has brought this infringement proceedings before the court of justice . therefore , at least that we do not manage to harmonize systems - what we hope - at the moment , the principle of subsidiarity cannot afford to be done switching to a discrimination which is much more likely , is the demand for a privilege . we can probably concede that the previous commission , that of mr santer , was not the best , and that is why it is in went . the members of the committee on legal affairs and the internal market of the whole union and for all parties , have met to proclaim the unnecessary to talk about human rights and to recommend the adoption of charters of rights if , in situations where people are deprived of their rights , it does nothing for these rights to be recognised and respected . this is the problem in this case . actual this attitude is entirely unacceptable in a modern europe . the field of education smacks of subsidiarity , but within the framework of the treaties , the free movement of workers and the ban on discrimination against our own at all , although we - and particularly moi , because i come from a state fédératif - we were to say supporters of the subsidiarity principle , a matter of cooperation within the european union and that we engage in order for the allocation of competences between the levels in europe are classified as soon as possible under the principle of subsidiarity . obviously still are very as in this context , it can no longer be any question of discrimination . you , mr president , cure someone who is familiar with the terms and surgical in italian , english , french , german , or by a surgeon ? do you feriez-vous by ( the sitting was closed at 10h56 ) we their express our deepest sympathy . i give the floor to mr ceyhun , who will speak as rapporteur , on behalf of the socialist group . as regards the council and commission statements on the third asiaeurope meeting , the council has informed us that he does not wish to speak at this moment . consequently , it is an issue which , under the treaties and the euratom treaty , is the responsibility of the commission ; it concerns , or could affect , many citizens who are not exclusively spaniards because there are , in this area and in its region , without there being any contingency plan , hundreds of thousands of citizens from fifteen countries of the european union , not to mention many people who come from outside to exploit the costa del soil . madam president , it is sad to hear from the minister for internal spanish , mr mayor oreja , declared that it serves no purpose to engage in dialogue with basque nationalists and this , even if a new cease-fire was stated in the future . , albeit very revealing , allow me to ask that we look at this week a commission statement on the british government 's decision to introduce a tax discriminatory charges for road hauliers non britons . given that parties that being said liberals and even europeans are increasingly oriented towards ally itself with the forces of inspiration xenophobic and racist and authoritarian , i believe that this is not only a very real danger for italy but also a sign of something which affects the whole of europe . my report contains nonetheless raises serious criticism with regard to the french proposal . these applications are expressed in amendments nos 2 and 4 of the karamanou report . the initiative by the french presidency that we are discussing today has to be subject to improve both conventions on mutual assistance in criminal matters - as i already mentioned - particularly in the fight against money laundering . broad-brush i must admit that if the project of the fight against money laundering has suffered a loss , this is not just the fault inappropriate for parliament , but the council . we can only congratulate them on this work . naturally , the way forward , as mr marinho - i agree with you - is communitarisation . all those who have spoken have agreed that it was an excellent initiative , and we support its content . what is needed , is that europol can operate across borders . these events are occurring all too often in our europe of today and , before i give my support to the mutual hasty , i would like to see a mutual recognition of standards equitable . i realise that it is difficult because we must build on the basis of instruments dispersed . but it is also a need to strengthen the economic pole represented by the european union and the wishes of the citizens whom we must take into account because the european union citizens are entitled to safety . tallies in the european union , we must relentless fight against money laundering , bearing in mind that we need a political cooperation and judicial effective cooperation between member states , as effective as possible , especially since the creation of a single market and the liberalization of capital markets and financial services . pertinacity with regard to the council financially , there is nothing to suggest that lawyer did not exercising its profession as such . similarly , i would like to say that i am aware of the delicacy of the question raised by various members on the conditions under which the confidentiality of the legal professions may constitute a refusal founded on judicial cooperation in combating money laundering . this is particularly true as regards serious crimes and the most serious crimes on a trans-border dimension . as a whole , the mission is so broad and very important that it cannot be performed by the council alone . it follows that it is necessary to reinforce the rights of citizens adopting an effective instrument and to recognise the competence of the court of justice , particularly with regard to its right to interpretation , and in its power to decide whether or not . therefore , although i am in favour of strengthening cooperation and coordination , i think that making this a legislative system would be wrong , and we will do . the second point i would like to raise is also interesting . this is a positive initiative , and we must therefore rejoice that she receives such support in this house . i shall take the opportunity - as several members raised some very difficult to tell you quite frankly , as has just said , that this initiative we appears mainly as a first initiative which demonstrates the political will of the council of reclaim the delay which exists in the field of judicial cooperation , compared with police cooperation . carlos coelho - and that is why i see this as an important instrument for guaranteeing judicial control of europol . the programme fair relating to the actions of research in the field of agriculture and fisheries was included in the fourth framework programme which has circulating in 1994 to 1998 . given the importance of research programme for agriculture and fisheries , it is regrettable that there has raised some problems in the organisation of the programme . the court of auditors ' report on the programme , the cause of the report by the rapporteur , has not been published in march this year , even if the letters from industry concerning the audit had initially been sent by the commission in december 1998 and 1999 . february that fair i would like , on behalf of the committee on fisheries , highlight certain points . you have pointed out , and i thank you , the spirit which has presided over this report , through dialogue with the court of auditors , the commission 's services and the interest which you have brought about . this illustrates that the commission has not been inactive and that it gives sequel to the remarks that you have made . i turn to the question that mrs morgan has asked about the recovery of sums . thank you very much , commissioner . this price will be issued at the association of basta ya , during the part-session in december . i am firmly convinced that it also means , even if some heads of state and government does not want to admit it , the opening of the constitutional process so often and if unremittingly requested by this parliament . i am particularly pleased to be before you today to discuss in detail in this wonderful project that is the charter of fundamental rights of the european union , before you did were adopting the final position of this house on this text . i did , for my part , no doubt that this occasion . however , it is true that some criticisms have been made regarding the content of the charter . i think it is a matter of taking an important position and i welcome . this was a great success for us , members and groups have done front on this point , which is a positive outcome - to have achieved that seventeen members represent the european parliament within the convention . others - i think that this charter is a blow to brokering and that it can become , as a major european newspaper on 26 september , the visiting card in europe . headline consequently , my group still think that it is absolutely vital to include a reference to the charter in article 6 ( 2 ) of the treaty . many were those who pensèrent that europe held last opportunity to escape from the single free-trade area and the rut free-market to lay the foundations of a europe of citizens . at the european summit in nice in december , civil society has decided to take action to make its voice heard and clamer its desire for a charter offering real guarantees for citizens of europe . for that , apart from signatures , it is essential that all countries and all political forces are taking a commitment materializes and respect it every day . charter is not amendable . so let us pretending to be merry , celebrating this great event that there is no less a major event vacuum . been lamenting or the convention has done on the excellent work . it is both the human rights , the citizen 's rights , but also social rights . the right to good administration , that was also mentioned cecilia malmström , represents one of the most significant progress . to what extent blair will give its meute freedom to express an opinion on this project brilliant , but i do not know , because i did not even heard . the last time , you spoke of the glass is half empty , or half full . but the council in cologne , aided by the house , who has played in its role of semeur of confusion , was eventually make us forget to everyone that this is one of the responsibility of national parliaments , that the latter are being done stealing from shifts progressive . beautifully when it comes to protecting fundamental rights , a overhang may prove to be equally dangerous that a insufficiency ! when one hears the speeches made by some members , we realise that this information is more necessary than ever . the 64-thousand-dollar question which divides us is : what is this charter . we shall vote in favour of the charter , but with the feeling that this will not do to mobilise the enthusiasm and the involvement of citizens in respect of europe . as usual , the governments - and some more than others - will assume responsibility historical . both necessary admittedly according to the co-rapporteur , mr duff , it is a crucial step towards improving the quality of european integration . for those who feel the need , i recommend to read the comments contained in the convention , and to take cognisance of the case-law of the two tribunals which are linked to the charter . 49 mr president , i have long been doubts . for the first time since the creation of the european union , we have the bases of a constitution , a constitution for a supranational structure that is the european union . the demonstration is a call for a social and democratic europe , a europe of citizens . the draft charter can be used to provisionally , by the parties , unions , the environmental organisations , churches and many other groups of the union 's member states and candidate countries , as an interesting discussion paper on the future of cooperation between the peoples of europe . i would like to focus on three points which have already been touched upon this morning . the charter will be adopted today strengthens and will highlight the values and fundamental rights on which our community must be based buts . i agree , of course , to those who wish to include , in article 6 , a reference to the charter and its further integration into the treaties . remember the case of bernard connolly , including the white paper on criticises the commission has been banned by the court of first instance . this is important , when the european union is bound to define the legal status , in terms of rights and obligations , nationals of third countries who are legally resident in the european union . synthesis i am , myself , exactly like him , convinced , on the one hand , it will have effects unique immediate and the other hand , it will be binding shortly . i have heard , during this debate , some formulae potent matters : the charter would be a bones for the dog - the dog since the european parliament - or the cache-sexe of withdrawals from a french presidency death , especially in its conduct of the igc . for that reason which led parliament to propose the establishment of a forum , in an in-depth analysis of the turkish community and the meps who have received the mandate . euro-turc involving representatives well-qualified the unanimity rule does not mean that we are all happy about democracy in turkey and the way in which turkey respects the human rights : we are not . against that background , i know of course that the candidacy of turkey continues to raise questions here . the wish of the presidency is that this project will be adopted quickly , if possible , in fact since 20 november , the forthcoming general affairs council and , as i already indicated , in respect of very specific decisions taken at helsinki . but the fact remains - as the commission has very clearly stated in its regular report - that turkey must , as all the other candidate countries , fulfil the copenhagen criteria in the process of rapprochement . in his speech last month before the turkish parliament , the president sezer has explained very clearly why turkey did not alternative to the commitment of reforms . thank you for your attention . here too , there were some signs slightly positive . we résisterons the attempts , sometimes misleading , to break the balance that the report has managed to achieve , and we résisterons in particular to amendments which seek to the european parliament a tribunal to try the past . this is an obvious clear , as it is clear that turkey will , as in any civilised society , to the idea of confront its past , too horrible that it has been . turkey 's accession on that basis - and not because of considerations geo-strategic interests of usa or the nato - would be a enrichment for the european union and a significant step towards the unification of europe . oublie-t-on that only a fraction of the territory turkish part of the european continent ? we are therefore voting against this report , as we have voted against all reports aimed at including turkey in the european union . the greatest damage would be awaken in turkey expectations which cannot be satisfied owing to the political situation . report ( a5-0310 / 2000 ) by mrs langenhagen , on behalf of the committee on budgetary control , on the special report no 9 / 1999 by the court of auditors on the actions of research in the field of agriculture and fisheries - programme ( fisheries , agriculture and agro-industrial research ) - accompanied the responses of the commission ( c5-0227 / 2000 - 2000 / 2133 ( cos ) ) fair i welcome this report and i am voting for . instead of shooting the human rights and social rights from the top down , it will facilitate the operations aimed at the shooting downwards . it is not the shadow of a doubt that its ultimate aim is to serve as a prelude to a european constitution , which in turn , will form the crowning achievement of the functioning of the eu towards the federalization where , henceforth , the decisions taken by some to be applied by all the main objective is to serve the interests of capital monopoly of the european union at the expense of the interests of workers and , more generally , peoples . coming institutionalised powerful . a classic case is presented by article 2-2 ' no-one can be sentenced to death penalty , nor executed " . nowhere is it said that , despite our demands , that the family is formed a man and a woman who totalling children , and it is the fundamental unit of society . insofar as the judges have all been elected , this represents a step backwards in terms of democratic government . admittedly , i would have wished directly integrated into our european treaties ! however , i have abstained from the final vote because i believe that certain social rights are formulated in a way off-limits less than the economic rights . the commission 's original idea convention was to have a text which would enable the fifteen governments of the liven binding by its incorporation into the treaties . consensual in reality , the fight against social exclusion is fades the rank of assistance , instead of query the requirement of basic rights binding for employers and the member states . for my part , i am convinced that secularism is value émancipatrice and topical . shortage also specifies that the social linked to ownership . it is clear that this document is not designed to possess a legally binding character , given that it does not constitute a legal text . some members of the irish government , there are few issues with regard to whether the identity and mr ahern , while claiming that the irreversibility of ireland to the eu was crucial to its prosperity and its economic success , is firmly opposed to any movement towards a more federal - centrally - given that this would be far beyond what the majority of europeans want or are prepared to accept at this moment . raised , brussels muslim irish expeditious europe devinez which the emporta ? i underlines in passing that during this part-session , seven reports have their origins in national initiatives , which shows that this system , where there is , ultimately very productive . total these voluntarist are absolutely necessary to combat this phenomenon , which has continued to develop and to internationaliser . by means of this initiative , the french presidency is proposing the adoption of a framework decision with a view to 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 handle the money laundering as a punishable offence for a minimum of four years ' imprisonment . given that the laundering of money are taking immense at world level , it is obvious that europol should be given 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 by the french presidency - in sight , this time , to improve judicial cooperation in order to ensure that no barrier does not prevent the extradition of criminals suspected of money laundering or other offences involving interceding funds unlawful . madam president , this is the only report on which i have voted harshly . it would be the first member state which casts a bridge geographic above the schism that separates us from asia , and the first rapped over tradition predominantly muslim . this is especially true when we are engaging in increasing amount of resources from the eib , and without cover totally risks economic take . in this context , i would like to point out the main conclusion of paragraph 22 , which asserts that turkey does not meet the copenhagen criteria and i highlights the many condemnations acts and shortcomings which turkey has been discussed in the areas of human rights , democratic freedoms and in its behaviour internationally , as well as the recommendations of comply with european values surround it that parliament has addressed to the country . we are worried , mr president , i do not hear , today , such encouragement from the official turkish and the turkish press , but doubtless there is an attempt to reaction . eleven years after the berlin wall came down , nicosia is the only capital of europe which is still divided . the progress pre-requirements for not yet been made in a 32.5 sufficient and turkey must continue its efforts . mr president , mr president-in-office , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , it is in my capacity as rapporteur for the accession of cyprus , which i wish to speak in this debate . mr president , it is impossible for us to vote on the morillon report , because we are convinced that , contrary to what he says and what a large number of people in turkey too , accession will improve life does not peoples . hoping but i believe the same time it must not portray picture too spots in the situation . so there is a relationship internally . euro-mediterranean conferences to marseille mr brok , who gave us rejoined us , is interrogeait precisely on delays occurred in the negotiations . we have , we europeans , an experiment to uphold . in reality , there is no longer just as in 1995 , to restore a balance with the peoples of eastern europe , it is also important to prepare the future enlargement of the union . xenophobia , the state terrorism or other forms of terrorism also lie in this area and i hope we shall also have the opportunity to put it right . this is a fact which we have , unfortunately , we live . but , once again , we should be francs . all this shows the consciousness of the inadaptation results achieved so far , even if the answers are not yet , in my view , commensurate with the situation , and even if we must recognise that five years , this is not very much for process too complex . that is why i believe that this debate here today may serve to make us aware of the central importance of this policy for the entire union . this is not a fair competition between all these requirements that it is , however , these are new funds that we must find . the spiral of violence in the middle east , the war waged with violence and decidedly against the palestinian people , in which israel continues to refuse its right to a state , threaten the future of the entire region . mr president , as the european union must find the balance between deepening and widening , she should develop in a balanced relationship between the european central bank and its responsibility mediterranean at nice , marseilles , its function . however , the idea that one painting in this fiftieth anniversary of the barcelona process is that we can see ourselves satisfied with the continuity of the process , the fact that there has been in ministerial meetings with the presence of representatives of israel , the palestinian authority , syria , lebanon , etc. this is perhaps a scant consolation . blanket stock simple the common problems afflicting the mediterranean region are legion : illegal immigration , poverty , foreign debt , human rights , drought and terrorism , which destroys the lives of human beings and families innocent , as we are experiencing tragically in spain , algeria or the middle east . ruthlessly we are ready to imputes , but southern countries have need of other things that are promises or speech : it is up to us to give them . europe only has made no policy on desertion of water in the mediterranean countries ; we should undertake a specific policy for the environment mediterranean which would transpose the parameters , the logical and even the diversity of the climate in the mediterranean . 0-26 the proposals which are before us today are far more balanced . i turn now to the agency in kosovo . we cannot disappoint them and , today more than ever , these countries need our help . in conclusion , the words of the commission - and i would say that these two proposals form the cornerstone of a process which needs to enable these countries , who have suffered and suffer again , to be able to fully incorporate into european structures . ofi in future , we must entrusting the responsibility to a smaller number - a director , too , if you like - so that somebody assuming truly responsibility towards the body which sélectionne various programmes . i therefore thank all colleagues who felt that this objective was important and welcome the fact that in future , we can strengthen this area - in terms of content - within these countries . i read in some communications on the elections in bosnia are nationalist extremists have won the elections in bosnia-herzegovina . the european union - as you know - has engaged with determination to contribute to these historical changes . an examination of the reports westendorp and on the proposals for regulations , one of the framework-programme , and the other hand , the european agency for reconstruction gives us the opportunity to return to the extent of support for the european union intends to grant the western balkans , in order to accompany the stabilisation and association process . lagendijk the victory long-awaited of democracy in croatia , then the federal republic of yugoslavia , though , we know , the european union to go beyond that . question time ( council ) as they deal with , question nos 2 and 3 . a new period of four months has just given sides - that is the joint resolution 1324 - for endeavour to make progress on two fronts . i would like you to reflect on the state of the association agreement with morocco . the stability and development caucasus region represents one of the strategic priorities for the european union . with regard to the discussions with turkey , we coping with a very important debate on this issue and you know exactly positions of the european union on this point . i just want to stress the fact that legislative measures are proposed aim of those who exploit and profit from people situated in situations desperate and did not designed to criminalise immigrants or immigrants potential . unsurprising minister as legislative measures that actions aimed at increasing the debate and to develop the awareness are needed . i think we need to effectively combat these crimes by all means , damn all means , and i note that both the council of the european union that the un general assembly , and i believe , the turkish government , are prepared to do this . it is also because the other 14 countries désapprouvaient they have taken measures . i take one example : in my country , france - and here i am speaking as minister - came to power a party to ascendant , i would like to be taken against my own country measures in the type of those who have been taken against austria 's . if tomorrow for my part , i wanted to talk about values : i have spoken of values such as they are included in our texts , i have spoken values as they are in the charter of fundamental rights and i have spoken in particular - it is true - in the fight against all forms of discrimination , which is enshrined in the frontispice texts euro-order . that is what we must uphold . réaffirmées i would remind you that this political dialogue oblivious , alongside the future partnership for accession , one of the elements of the pre-accession strategy for turkey defined on this occasion . question no 12 by ( h-0850 / 00 ) : that is what we are fighting and it is in this ligne-là and in any other than we are committed . on that occasion , we have to recognize that the moroccan side there has not responded to the supply community-related . what are the people of scotland , where , after days of detention , anyone accused of having committed a crime should be judged , should be released and never again be blamed for this crime . 110 either concrete measures have been sentenced catches ( security of supply , energy efficiency in order to make the economy of the member states least sensitive to the external crisis ? what are the means and the council 's priorities short- , medium- and long-term , in terms of energy efficiency and energy savings ? ) the union 's position on the measures extra-territorial enacted by the united states did not changed . finally , i recalled that the european union took note with concern of the comments made by the agencies and united nations programmes and déplorait so negative consequences and often dramatic lifting of economic senators for the cuban people . situ the council does not mean that there is a political problem par excellence and that it is unacceptable that it adhere to equal distance from the victim 's and executioner ? comprend-il on the one hand , this office is in line with the commission 's decision to decentralize ; the other hand , it contains some excellent results management in the work that he is doing . they do not recognize borders . we must combat the illegal activities transfrontier , either in the field of drug trafficking , cross-border cooperation or the trafficking in human beings . it appropriate that commissioner patten , who has great experience - not to say wisdom - in the treatment of international crises , and which , moreover , has visited various regions of the iberian peninsula , rating the headquarters of the agency for reconstruction in thessaloniki , to see how this works service . balkan itself but this region , the most competitive region in haunted of europe have never been so full of hope that today . but i would firstly like to thank the house for the excellent quality and speed up its work during the discussion of these two proposals for regulations . we also achieved rapid results in serbia , where the commission has put in place , in the space of four weeks alone , a programme of emergency aid of a total of eur 200 million . of course , we can also accept the proposal wanting to the guidelines adopted in the future by the commission reflect this same search for greater efficiency underlies our reforms . i hope that parliament understands the importance of the proposals that i have presented in may and that it will continue to work constructively with others in this very difficult issue . however , i cannot give my support to the european parliament 's amendment aimed at removing the requirement of unanimity , because that would run counter to the opinion of the college . the challenge of this third summit held in seoul consisted to deepen the asem process both for the participants governments that for the public at large . with regard to the area " interpersonnel ' ( people-to-people ) , the principle of opening-up of the asem process to a greater section of civil society was maintained , although the ngo initiatives aimed at establishing a social forum not been able to see the light of day as a result of the reluctance of some asian partners . we are also very pleased that the summit seoul took place , and that all the heads of government , except one or two , there were present . there has even been two concrete proposals which were adopted , namely the round-table conference on globalisation and the duo fellowship program which provides 4 300 fellowships to competition from 25 usd 900 million . the commission communication confines itself to address the aspects relating to the powers corresponded to the community and member states in the tasks arising from participation in the rfos . if one assumption is , of all the coastal states exist in the world , rare diseases are those who benefit from economic potential , legal , political and disposal of the european union , it is easy to understand how important it is to ask ourselves what is our responsibility . lawmaking the cfp reform will recommence , but it will be even more important to establish appropriate reforms . i am thinking here of shooting migratory fish . we are all aware , throughout the european union and beyond . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , i would firstly like to thank you for the support that you dedication to the efforts we are making to foster and strengthen the community 's action in regional fisheries organisations . until now , some progress has certainly have already been made , but above all , endeavour to find a better planning in time . indeed , the continued improvements in productivity of livestock generates a growth in supply and if it were accompanied by an extension of the apparatus of production , it would once again , inevitably , a heavy uneven market . already know no bounds instead , he is much more sensible than every manufacturer of pigmeat is their own economies . every farmer pig its tirelire . there is also mentioned the need to encourage producers ' organisations , including the locational differs greatly from one member state to another . organisations of the markets , so that they have worked so far , have favoured the processes of concentration more than they do not have been prevented . the globalization of the economy arises here as a trap , and this has nothing to do with the crises cyclical . every farmer , wherever it may in the european union , will be able to underwrite this facility . mr president , commissioner , the rapporteur , mr garot , has dealt with seriously and clarified the commission 's proposal for the establishment of a pension fund regulation of the pigmeat sector . this is a question of balance . in this sense , i must say that my conclusions are very different from those of my colleague mr garot . as regards the commission 's proposal , i could almost be supported as it was presented , though , if we want to be honest , we must recognise that it does not offer anything concrete to solve the problem . secondly , there is the involvement of specialized producers of piglets in the proposed system , such as amendments nos 7 and 13 of underline . what does so , please , that the commission has presented us ? firstly , an analysis of the budgetary implementation and practices of management has been carried out for each of the financial headings . on this point , the court repeating what she said in previous years , namely that such a trend has negative consequences : decisions inept and jumping , overwork highlighted causing a risk of errors , etc . the tragic events which occurred recently have clearly shown that the problems of management and control pesaient more and more heavily on the european agenda . this penalises member states conscientious and reward less conscientious . in this respect , i would add that the commission places the emphasis in its work on the improvement of external aid , both in the direction of a restructuring in this area as in the direction of a liquidation closer and more rapidly than in the past are important leftovers to wind up . rapid institutional now , the european parliament is in an extremely difficult situation , because he has said again this year - in january - that it will not accept any more serious errors in the clearance of accounts for 1999 . i would like to raise a few problems and i hope that mr karlsson able to answer my questions today . we need more figures and more facts . i hope that this is done earlier this year , so that we can begin to assess the dg . we all know , of course that the commission is working with some changes . this will reduce the number of mistakes . the commission is therefore now obliged to respect the rules . may i begin by thanking mr karlsson , because this year , cooperation with the committee on budgetary control has a much more cheaply than in previous years . i would ask you to make a ranking of countries and sectors most affected by the mismanagement in the eu . madam president , i too would like to thank the court of auditors for the report and his political assessment , yesterday , in the committee on budgetary control . efforts to reform and their necessity were once again highlighted . there needs to be able to read what was said by mrs van der laan - and we are all agreed . for this , perhaps accorded to the president of the court power of decision largest about methods of the court and on how it communicates . rates differ from one state to another and their composition is different from one state to another . in his work and , most importantly concerning the common agricultural policy , the special report on arable crops , the court concludes that , from 1993 to 1997 , the community budget has paid over thirteen thousand billion euros more than what would be reasonable . i do not raise the questions which it is impossible to answer . the court of auditors must also change its working methods . we can always be rejoicing of something . this report was approved by a large majority of members of the environment committee in parliament , and , consequently , i will defend the result of a vote of this committee . the second point concerns the export ban , which has just been boast about the merits . i therefore reserves and am inclined to reject this provision . the second or third reading , we shall need to famous 314 votes and , as the report is at present , we do not have shall certainly not . the commission has just proposed measure , coy but welcome , along these lines , as commissioner accompanying perhaps a little more when he responds . we agree with the rapporteur on the need to inform the consumer about the risks and play the role of the map of transparency , particularly in terms of health and safety . in my opinion , it is better to take greater account of the principle of subsidiarity . however , i remember a fierce discussion i had with my daughter elisabetta when she had nine-year and she asked me to go to a tower only in the street . it was necessary to ensure that we guarantee a full protection of consumers , without , however regulate certain things several times or manner self-contradictory . furthermore , i would like to stress the importance of the amendments approved by the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy , which strengthen transparency with regard to the final consumer and which clarify responsibilities , not only producers , but also of distributers during the possible operations of withdrawal of products deemed unsafe . it also means that when the new provisions are being taken within the framework of sectoral legislation , they are completely the provisions of the directive . many of these amendments are an improvement on the original text and can therefore be accepted by the commission . thirdly , amendment no 4 proposes to add , in preamble , a requirement obliging the member states to produce reports concrete with the help of the institutions competent and independent , whether public or private . although the commission is in favour of cooperation and common principles , the proposed wording goes against the principle of subsidiarity . any problems arising from the current wording has not been informed the commission and the amendments would impair existing arrangements . amendments nos 39 and 44 propose that the information on dangerous products should be publicly available only after that a decision to ban or drum was taken . they also suggest that the exchange of information covered by professional secrecy is not possible between supervisory authorities of the markets . mr martelli , normally , you cannot say that at the end of voting time , but let me give you an exception and briefly give 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 decision concerning the programme concerning the eu strategy on equality between men and women ( 2001-2005 ) ( com ( 2000 ) 335 - c5-0386 / 2000 - 2000 / 0143 ( cns ) ) mr president , my question relates to the order of voting on amendments relating to paragraph 10 , i.e. the armenian genocide . ( parliament adopted the resolution ) liability is twofold : there is one of the governments of the countries of the european union , but also one of the governments of the mediterranean partners . this aid is more than justified by the scale of this tragedy . the prohibition of night for women was one of the few areas where social legislation in some countries , in order to protect women , was a little more in advance for the workers for workers . i sincerely hope that in future , the commission will submit an annual basis and in good time a balance-sheet which allows parliament to carry out an analysis and a discussion in more depth . it is therefore with great regret that i voted against this proposal . it is important that our products are safe , but we must guard against overcoming certain limitations in leading actions extremes . today , the european agency for kosovo is governed by a board of directors where representatives of the member states and the commission have all of a single voice and where decisions are taken at the two-thirds majority . for serbia , to resolve the problem is that of kosovo . the danish social democrats have voted against a report aimed at introducing a system of aid for producers of the pigmeat within the eu . if this is that , as everyone knows , albeit with some opening-up of the french presidency , the commission rejected these proposals and it does not seem to have majority within the council for approval . a variation minimal in supply sufficient to cause a crisis . mr president , the armenian genocide was the first in a series during this 20th century that can be described as century of genocide . sweden is also not prepared to participate in a common military defence , but the actions of civil crisis management , we cannot support paragraph 15 , where one ' welcomes the desire for turkey to contribute to improving the european capacities in the context of the common european policy on security and defence ' . treatment but beyond the duty to remember that we must demand that any democracy , and which europeans know how difficult it is difficult and painful , so that certain european countries have still not been completed , it is important that such acts of barbarism destroy lives motives for ethnic , religious or cultural and afflicting the universal conscience does reoccur ever again . difficult not having that is , without doubt , another debate than on today , however , on behalf of the importance that attaches to turkey , i wanted to repeat it today . peace is possible because these people are no longer hindered from exercising their right to self-determination . i voted for amendments calling for this recognition , today , in order to pursue this testimony and to recognise the pain of a nation . it took place at the time of the ottoman empire . not only the jové peres report seeks systematic situation for regional organisations and those who are being created , but it would strengthen the putting an end to the habit of the commission to call upon the support of technicians from different member states . existing my remarks battlefield course for the issue which concerns us today , the representation of the european community in regional fisheries organisations , but it applies both to the negotiations , for example in the context of the world trade organisation . my suggestion of the meeting was then backed up by mr trittin , the president-in-office of the time , as well as by the european commission , so that the decision of parliament merge three directives does not exist resisted many opposition . one example : the pvcs are 0.7 % of the total volume of waste incinerated . i would like to conclude by saying that the ppe / de group is satisfied with the work that has been made during this third reading . mr president , i would also like to join mr blokland for his work on this important dossier . incinerated is not recycle . the report by mr blokland now at third reading was so many members elected for the first time in the committee on the environment , the first test in greatness nature allowing us to learn practices parliamentarians . new emission limits , stricter , were introduced for the new cement kilns destined to co-incineration , as pointed out ms evans . whatever the various national situations , we can therefore see , in all member states of the european union , a reduction quasi-common blanket coverage , an increased role systems so-called sickness insurance complementary and the exacerbate the factors detection . the .. that would , however , a proposal for a directive on the following points : ban on the use of information nominative appraisals of genetic research , a key element in the absence of examinations health prior to the subscription ; the establishment of an obligation to guarantee viagère by the insurer ; the consideration of refunded for people who work and travelling within the union and , finally , the establishment of a mechanism to mediate . co-ordinated ; we adopt a stance in an increasingly positive with regard to health care services across borders , and the market is therefore becoming increasingly applicable to health care . the united states , for example , we often serve as an example in terms of a liberal economy . however , it would be a fatal error to take an example for the health policy . necesse . ' we must not forget that the eu establishes rules concerning , for example , to intelligence therapeutical or imposed on everyone 's duty to be secured , which would ruin the diversity of systems sickness insurance which exist today in many countries and which operate on the basis of principles actuarial . complementary it has proved afterwards as it existed at the same time , a non-neutrals . the same goes for the health of all citizens of our member states and the cohesion of our territories . this is not by chance that i am faced with these problems in the context dutchman . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , mr rocard asks the commission to define a green paper characteristics of an assurance from base within the framework of sickness insurance lawful . this is a concern of forefront . mr president , those who , as we have devoted throughout their lives in the study of the social issues remember that the old manuals définissaient social protection as a whole package of measures for the protection of the state covering risks economically verify , to character individual or familiar and which individuals - the core family - could not cope with themselves . generally , then , that means that an important reflection on the causes of the failure of medical assistance publicly-funded is necessary . the sickness insurance supplementary presupposes a legal system of rights and achievements . in tempting to eliminate discrimination on the basis of forerunners medical , mr rocard reportedly killed the goose eggs golden rule . the commission to act immediately in the context of its powers , and i shall try to respond to the conclusions of your report . i also hope that the proposals which aim to recognise the importance of special training and further integration in professional life will also be adopted , because we must take account of the phenomenon of social exclusion and poverty persons practising yet a professional activity paid . increasingly important mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the committee on economic and monetary affairs also wants to congratulate the rapporteur for his statement . the next item is the commission 's recommendations for a council opinion on updating the stability programmes in germany , finland and the netherlands . this has led us to reflect and to ask ourselves whether this pact on stability and growth has been completed with the completion of quantitative target of a figure finalization determined , or whether it is appropriate to include other aspects relating to the quality of public finances in the forthcoming programmes . different our basic message is therefore that the margin for access to tax reductions must go hand in hand with tight control of public expenditure . i believe that as a whole , we can consider this to be a positive balance sheet . they state risks of overheating in one of the largest country in europe , which is also one of the main countries for the european economy , namely germany . mr president , i should like to thank mr della vedova . it seems to me that it is on these two elements , on the topicality of the fight against bse in europe and its effects on developments in france , as you suggest we hear today . we propose to the european commission and to our partners in the european union to prepare for the extension to the eu-wide testing , depending on préconisations scientists . thus , efficiency , independence and transparency are the key guidant clearly the assessment of risk food in europe . i shall return to this later . however , it is essential that these tests are implemented in a much bigger scale . the monitoring measures active , including tests random , are in progress in order to prevent the cases of bse to enter the food chain . in the sort of situation we are facing , it is always tempting to turn to a solution magic , a solution which can be both eliminate risks and restore consumer confidence . i would ask monday to member states if they are afraid that the weaknesses in the execution of controls , weaknesses which would run counter to the community legislation in this area , are a factor explaining the increase in today 's incidence of bse . it must surely be possible to combine both to the rapid action and serious . it is up to you to wind up quickly . this is a requirement for capital , especially as regards the specific problem of bse . our group calls for immediate ban on meat-and-bone meal meat and bonemeal for all farm animals , as long as member states will not guarantee the establishment of laws on the prevention of bse and the rigorous application of directives . i do not know whether this is the cure-all , commissioner , but on behalf of the precautionary principle , it seems that the experience imposes on banning the use of meat and bone meal in animal feeds on all farm animals , including the pigs , the poultry and fish . sounded today i believe that the debate which has begun in this house , which is to seek , which the council , the commission or of the house , has been most or at least , seems somewhat superfluous . firstly , as others have said before me , we must pursue a systematic screening on all casualty-slaughtered cattle intended for animal feed as europeans . in doing courage and ambition , can we reconcile the interests of health of europeans and the economic interest of our producers and will enable us to restore confidence . they are not , i repeat , in no way responsible for the crisis . that is why the european union must show its solidarity with them . i did not accept either the arrogance of some member states which do not practising tests , not pubic no national regulations . european solidarity must play too because our policy has proved its incoherences : set-aside , bone meal for ruminants , nitrates and pesticides . and that is what i have heard mr gollnisch said that his group has been at the forefront of the fighting in the bse crisis . furthermore , we consider it appropriate to ensure that all hotbed of infection is circumscribed and that the export of meat is forbidden until such time as their character healthy either proven . it is unacceptable for us to accept inadequately this priority in the area of policy . i am glad that we are always the extension of tests on a voluntary basis . but if we généralisons testing of screening , if we détruisons meat-and-bone meal , if we impose the slaughter of the entire herd for one sick animal , we must demand hygiene standards on the part of third-country nationals who are seeking to exporting live animals , of carcasses , of meat preparations . strictly equivalent our trading partners and the community the causes of the problem are elsewhere . madam president , i am happy that the commission will finally be spoken very strongly in favour of the testing of screening generalised . because , as france emanates from the flex : which seeks unbelievable ! what is prevents us then action ? why do we whenever a crisis for that we gathered here and that we affirmions that parliament puts public health in the forefront of the priorities ? the link between bse and the feeding of meat and bone meal , in a very few natural to feed animals moreover , it is clear to everyone now . base at i therefore call upon the european commission to reach a certain degree of harmonisation in this respect too . i urge the commission to review low-value systems set up in france for dealing with cases of bse . the poison between system in which it ends up destroy . surely it is also difficult to coexist , in this field , national legislations and european legislation . another safeguard was drawn up within the system to protect public health and food safety in the form of legislation which defines the arrangements for the manufacture of animal meal . it was said that they would be very expensive , they will enjoy a large number of carcasses , etc . for example , are the technical aspects of the oreiller which has caused the death of a immigrant in belgium , the use of sédatifs powerful in spain , the transport of migrants amassed within the holds of vessels in italy and spain , the tragedy of 58 chinese immigrants found dead in the uk port of dover after having been arrested on various occasions european territory and the widespread use of different ways of duress and intimidation directed against immigrants deported . significant contributor this is my personal commitment and i will respond to what concerns me . violence against women takes many forms : there is violence within the family , which is the crime of silence , there is also the forms of sexual exploitation and trafficking in women , the trafficking in human beings . mr president , i would say to mr nogueira that , of course , model that we have defined , monetary policy is the responsibility of the european central bank and the latter takes decisions in accordance with the criteria laid down in the treaty . mr president , i think that for the public , it is very important to distinguish between the impact internally and externally . i would like to know whether the commission envisages now , just before the introduction of euro notes , from launching an action in order to explain to the population of the difference between impacts internal and external of monetary stability ? the impact in the absence of concrete actions of the greek government , it will continue the process already committed . the commission 's role is to ensure that the existence of a system of supervision and measure . in the same decision , the commission undertook to review the systems of support in all member states , based on criteria of specific compatibility approved until 2004 , when expires validity of the permission of the regime french of support . the achievement of a europe which promotes the integration , under the terms of the european council in lisbon , requires an effort and a joint action to together . secondly , by means of better taken into account the experience of players in this field , ngos and local bodies , social and individuals who are themselves in a position to exclusion . many elderly people could confirm this , and all those who work for hours for the low-wage they do not assuring a decent life - i am thinking for example farm workers . it is also an act of population groups bulky which does not sufficiently language to get a job . master the united states , with the labour market more flexible , there is a guarantee that poverty is lived during periods much shorter , with a time of rising unemployment very brief . in my country , approximately 75 % of people who are working and living below the poverty are women . then we must seek to achieve , even in that part of that commitment . this allocation should be strengthened in view of developments and realism that are needed in this area . mr president , i thank and congratulate mrs figueiredo and members here today shunned who reported the opinions of other committees . as you suggest , we must also stress the importance of ngos and the regional players and local and - as you suggest - better account of their experience on the ground . we have already agreed that the social protection committee will meet regularly with the contact group composed of members of 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 european parliament and council directive relating to the promotion of electricity produced from renewable sources of energy on the internal electricity 279 - c5-0281 / 2000 - 2000 / 0116 ( cod ) ) . [ com ( 2000 ) we need now to binding objectives . another important point approved by the commission is the issue of the connections and access to the network for renewable energies . specifically , in my country , spain , these guidelines would be responsible for emissions into the atmosphere of 225 billion tonnes of co2 wind-down up to 2010 and the fact that we could not achieve the kyoto objectives . mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , we can only applaud the commission 's proposal to create a framework allowing for an increase responsive to medium term , the proportion of electricity produced from renewable sources of energy within the european union . but the threat can always come from compatibility with the internal market . waste does not constitute a renewable resource , even if they are produced every day by day . therefore , this directive acquires a topical unintended . having said that , i warmly support this proposal . mr president , i would like to thank mrs rothe for her excellent report , which falls to pic in this week when we are debating the crisis of climate change . jolly the promotion of electricity produced from renewable sources of energy is an objective that we must support unreservedly . the adjustments- technological radical are indispensable . instead of this , the proposals are being made on the hoof and without coherence . and i would like to end by simply mentioning three problems which have arisen during the course of this debate . furthermore , in a coherent way , the objectives talked-about translated into national parameters must be binding , because otherwise there is a directive utmost of content and substance . it is also the case , for the same reason , in amendment no 3 in part , but not of amendment no 7 , which is too technique for the text of the proposal . but , ladies and gentlemen , we cannot accept the parts which prejudge the application of rules 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 in peaceful settlement of conflicts [ 2000 / 2025 ( ini ) ) . while the peace process formal are almost exclusively reserved for men and experiences and statements collected at international level have shown how the participation of women is important when it comes to solving conflicts and to build peace . the decisions on the implementation and the implementation of humanitarian actions are the responsibility of the cells of crisis ; however , the responsibilities of women are facing a lot of attention and recognition . they want manifestly retain their position of strength in foreign policy and defence policy and believe that the interests of women may well be championed by men . mr president , i should like first of all like to say the interest that i alludes to this report , which i would like to stress the excellence of the great excellence , even . similarly , the financial resources to enable us to help women who are victims of this situation must exist . mr president , much has already been said and i do not want to pay them in repetition . mr president , commissioner , i would firstly like to congratulate mrs theorin for having taken the initiative of this excellent report , which deals with an important issue , but also topical issue of how an effective participation of women in the negotiations aimed at resolving conflicts can change the world and transform culture dominance of the antagonism and violence in the culture of peace , dialogue and regulation of democratic disputes ? that is why i support the demands of the report , after which women should be given a right to influence diplomatically . a very important report well-researched , profound , rigorous , capable of stating the essential principles with clarity , who is present in article 17 , adventurous but at once with a great sense practicality 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 to the european commission and parliament has been invited to take also take into account the sexospécificités . the problem is as follows : millions of people predominantly women carry out this work ; there is a very strong request but not the slightest regularisation applicable in this area . ( ) i believe that we must encourage member states to regulate this sector via the guidelines on employment , in accordance with what has already been asked in the european parliament 's opinion on these directives . the population migrante represents an important aspect of this sector , which requires special measures , as in reception centres specialised , chargés d to provide further assistance . generally collective there is clearly an issue which affects the member states . the needs in terms of domestic help themselves considerably increased in recent years , this situation has hardly been taken into account in professional life in general and in the human rights and obligations attached to professional life . gold ; ( the sitting was closed at midnight ) ( extremely loud applause ) not only must we create a system inner peace and freedom , but we also need to reconcile with the customs and habits which exist for decades within the european community and the european union . the first step to be overcome in order to restructure the constitution of a federal state is to establish a framework conducive to a democratic dialogue the widest possible about the type of relationship which unite both republics . the result is historic . you , meps , who represent the citizens of member states of the european union , you represent the citizens of europe , you are best placed to understand why the easy option to become a member of the european union is extremely uncertain in the eyes of the citizens of the current federal republic of yugoslavia . directly affirmative sitting . it is , as you know , an extremely important matter and the highest interest for the citizens and it would be the least we can stop a decision today on this subject during the votes . the commission has indicated that it would present a specific proposal on this matter in the coming six months , and it took the floor . schoolboy there are already at the moment in the european union a practice in terms of access to documents , and we must not forget that the citizens courageous and many member states progressives fighting for years for greater transparency . this report calls yet to be refined within the european parliament and that is why i believe it will have to make further improvements here . we are happy to embodied in this report principle is important that we also support resolutely in the committee on budgetary control . the opportunity offered to learn things which are not drawn to them by the media and certain interest groups , so that they can be more involved in the open and democratic debate , which is an important element if important to ensure confidence in the eu . they are now knowledge the petitions committee wants to be raccourcisse periods of pending before the publishing documents . as soon as secrecy will no longer justified , document will naturally become accessible to the public . i would also like to stress that all citizens must have the guarantee of access to documents under so many forms as possible . the dogma of political responsibility , not be confused with the rights of citizens in terms of access to documents . i would therefore appeal to the rapporteurs in order to remove the regulation rightness of any reference to the rights of members . furthermore , i would urge all colleagues to ensure that their interests does innumerable , not on those of public access to documents . in these sectors , access to documents is not guaranteed , and it is refused , not only for citizens , but even within the european parliament which , on the other hand , is not officially informed or consulted on the documents fundamentals . there is nevertheless an important forefront of bitterness . mr president , let me start by thanking mr cashman for the quality of work in the context of his report . we are dealing with a very important report , which represents a major part of what we might call the new principle of transparency in the european union . ( technical problem ) it is not only to promote the principle of unhindered access to all documents , but also to reach pave the way during the meetings of the council , so that the latter do not take more in future decisions in the silence and secrecy , which allows subsequently to others to practise the smear cheap in respect of brussels . secondly , i would like to mention the work which impinge on the derogations . our citizens see europe as being undemocratic , as a place where one takes decisions behind closed doors . in accordance with article 255 of the treaty , the proposed regulation should be adopted before 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 moment , prevent the commission to accept certain amendments . as i said earlier , we can , in some cases , to agree in principle , with the amendments , but we must work together on the technical and administrative measures , for example , as regards the amendments relating to the classification of documents and the register . we have no written document and i would like , for the future too , the commission disseminates members , in writing , its recommendations . kind welcome we welcome the status assuaged granted to the watering down the risks of credit , particularly the guarantees which can be offered by small businesses . report ( a5-0321 / 2000 ) by mr blokland on the joint text approved by the conciliation committee , the european parliament and council directive on waste incineration [ c5-0371 / 2000 - 1998 / 0289 ( cod ) ] ; mr president , may i ask the liberal group , and i would also ask the quality of co-rapporteur , to show a little more practical ? the vote will november ii therefore corresponds to a well-taken common to ppe-de and pse groups . i therefore propose to postpone the vote on the report villiers at november ii part-session . i have followed the order that i received by the public service acts in the plenary and the house did it has not decided otherwise . as chairman of the sitting , today , i cannot tell you that this ; as an mep , i can tell you that i agree with you . in addition to the position adopted during the first stage , when the european parliament has condemned the dangers in britain , and the second stage , when the scandal branded raging in britain , measures have actually been limited to the country , without any implemented in a programme of strong controls and restructuring of the stockfarming at european level . forthright in negatively that is why we want to draw four main lessons , which should be taken into account in future . . ( fr ) we voted in favour of this joint resolution . the multiplication of the number of cases of variant of creutzfeldt-jakob disease in england and the situation in france have imposed on the agenda , with more power , the issue of mad cow disease ' ( bse ) . for fear of sow the panic amongst the citizens , or by desire to prevent disasters , some governments do not conveyed in timely information due to the commission did not proceeded , from the first manifestation of phenomena dangerous , in the immediate suspension of the consumption of products in question and to ban the use of their exports . commercial or farmers cannot cope with this crisis alone : a plan to accompany the rearing is to establish and measures to restoring consumer confidence . the inability of all the institutions - the council , commission and parliament - to define a community policy which meets the needs of the safety of the member states most directly affected will indeed pose problems to hierarchy between constraints of the single market and the requirements of health and safety of our peoples . pertinent we have achieved after many discussions with the council , satisfaction on several points . the time of landfills today concerns nearing its completion , they must give them the floor to knowledge-sharing technologies more beneficial to the environment . to participate in decision-making bodies social , particularly the representatives of the groups sensitive covered by the programme ; indeed , if we must welcome the return to growth and the reduction of unemployment , we must not overshadow the persistence and even the escalation of inequities ! i believe the rapporteur is right when he calls for greater involvement of the public authorities , the social partners and civil society in the measures needed to defeat poverty and social exclusion . the ' poor workers ' , most are women , employed part-time work , and in the most complete , joining the procession of poverty than the official speeches on the resumption researches magnificently . cut-price precarity there are three years ago , prime minister has created the unity of social exclusion , which coordinates the government action to reduce social exclusion in viewpoints solutions identical to the problems of analogous nature . it is for the moment of installations comprising more than 60 rotors which cover a acreage equivalent to thousands of terrain football . addiction , which is approximately 50 % for the entire union , threatens to move on to 70 % of 2020 in the absence of any development of renewable energy sources . it goes without saying that the use of nuclear energy and the storage of radioactive waste must comply with deposits security more modern and more effective . we must therefore seek a source of energy already present in nature , but which has remained largely unexploited as long as no one has developed technology for the extract . the preparation of the asem 4 must be an opportunity to reaffirm the democratic requirement , on the one hand , assuring the information and the intervention of democratically elected parliament and of civil society - including the establishment of a social forum - and , on the other hand , taking full account of social rights , environmental and human rights . comprising recently , this parliament has been the victim of certain misunderstandings and even some criticisms . we have noticed that he was face the same misadventures that the european parliament in its infancy , that he had to fight and continued to do so in order to obtain more powers , more resources , more attending and for vindicate its representativeness . the european parliament to central america , like the european parliament , must gain in prestige , credibility and legitimacy , based on the activities of its political groups , because the life of european political parties is , or at least should be , a reflection faithful companies that they represent . as regards the human rights , we support , since 1990 , the cooperation programmes in favour of observance of human rights by means of training and to increase 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 côte d ' ivoire , yet so far economic model , is symptomatic of a country in crisis , economic crisis , desperation social and by then , chaos policy . the political leaders , military and religious must do everything possible to allow a national reconciliation . it must be that as a result of the debate on the ivoirité , this debate which is none other than the establishment of national preference that we criminalising in our own countries , including the logical consequence and ultimate is the setting up of ethnic cleansing , either totally fought , and stripped any reference or connotation on the ivoirité in the constitution ivoirienne . fumeux he also supported the revision of the constitution , intended to exclude its principal opponent , watara , owing to the fact that its parents did not both ivorian nationals . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , although , unlike other states of central and western europe , the ivory coast was formerly a haven of stability and democracy , this state encounters but long overdue ethnic tensions and nuns . it has also had abuse of power from the last government in office under president bédié , what has ultimately led to a seizure of power violently by the military . africa we condemn the ethnically motivated violence and especially the politicians whose demagoguery ago led . the next item is the joint debate on the following motions for resolutions : the meeting between the eu and asean laos in december , we provides an ideal opportunity to demonstrate that we condemn vigorously this regime . coming i am not , incidentally , not even sure if our own ministers régleraient then the situation . the asean has proved in every sense of the word , a paper tiger in its failure to confront the terrible events in burma . the junta has stated that she had no intention to try to reduce to destroy the whole of the party . its past is responsible and , obviously , this is a difficult situation . these improvements nuances - that there should certainly not to the author of the socialist group 's amendments , mr sakellariou , took place in recent years and have led to a situation which is certainly more tragic , but which is always disastrous and which is not in any case not live up to the challenges which are those vietnam in today 's debate . mr swoboda , parliament is an institution flexible and efficient . however , it would be welcomed that the american president does not only on the strengthening of the reciprocal cooperation , but the hordes of firm promises , on the part of vietnam , to improve the situation in which there reigns in terms of human rights . hanoi , focuses precisely information-based radically tinpot i urge the council and commission to forceful protest against these infringements of religious freedom and by the vietnamese authorities . similarly , the process has enabled the signature of a cooperation agreement between the commission and vietnam in 1995 . the elements that we tabled were naturally included in this proposal for a resolution . i fully agree with the fact that we have to bring aid , but we are still better in changing situation which is the cause of their misery and that of countless other people in the world . aiderions the issues being discussed relate to the medium and long term . mr president , commissioner , the floods hit various regions of the north of italy , and other european countries - spain , ireland and france - raises two problems in this parliament : that of intervention for emergency aid to the people , to communities and companies involved , and that of a policy in the longer term , designed to prevent a repeat of íatural disasters of this magnitude . exceptional for grist to britain , again in recent weeks that is the transport sector which will require the most important measures , given its steady development - more 38 % , according to forecasts , during the next decade . the debate is closed . this is perhaps one of the customs and habits of this parliament , but it seems extremely difficult to leave believing that the european union takes commitments on a subject such as this , intends to assign a task as bringing to the european commission with such low turn-out . parliamentary institution ( parliament rejected the request ) the economic and social policy in the eu , which has led to the weakening of purchasing power and opportunities for everything relating to outflow of contributions , annexed to the emergence of new diseases and to the immunity of pharmaceutical companies have caused a marked increase in expenditure on health . workers for the rest , a very broad scope is thus receptive to the insurers , on condition that they do not sélectionnent ( beginning ) the sick and the insurance premiums per pathology . private-sector anyone who does not receive and spending is not much money is not counting more . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , i am very pleased to be able to speak in the presence of a group of visitors from my constituency beautiful and i welcome very much . this presupposes , however , that institutions have a ample time to prepare for the new rules . the report says that a consensus is growing aiming to highlight the inability of current legislation to take account of the developments of the financial sector of the last ten years . we say yes to greater consideration of techniques of softening of risk and we say yes to an extension of the basic principles expounded by the basle committee . similarly , we welcome the important contribution to this report to the whole process . finally , and this is a key point , we are quite aware of the need to respect the institutional balance laid down in the treaty . the vote will take place tomorrow at 9 a.m . before closing , allow me , mr president , to take this opportunity to congratulate mr söderman , the praise for the work he has done in the fight maladministration and , consequently , for a better approximation of european citizens in relation to the lives of the community institutions . mr president , the european parliament has always said , is a very positive and conforms to the tradition which is one of the public office in the nordic countries , it is necessary to 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 no document is nothing more important for a candidate than on its examinations . civil law we felt it legitimate that a candidate for access to its copy corrected , because access to documents is a fundamental right , acknowledged , moreover , by the charter of fundamental rights that we have just adopted this week . and this is how it should go . for example , should be followed by all the other institutions and bodies such as the committee on petitions has recommended . the citizens of the european union should have a positive impression when they are faced with the community 's institutions . and the novelty , in the circumstances , is to follow the best practices and to avoid anything which , according to our experience , which would affect its credibility in the member states . as regards the other institutions , it is they that depends on the possibility of adopting the procedures described in this report or in the requests of the european ombudsman . the minutes of yesterday 's sitting have been distributed . if they are being prevented by a meltdown inevitable , it is a non-observance of democracy . however , if they do not give the trouble to come , they do not deserve to participate in the vote . the criteria of prudence heightened adopted are justified , but we must also look at other aspects of the matter , in particular the coefficient of creditworthiness , which is a parameter for weighted by type of compensation which gives a fudging of credit encounter in the assets of a bank . provisional establishment of the european police college ( cep ) this police cooperation is vital to achieve the great aim to ensure that european citizens with a high level of safety of people within the european area of freedom , security and justice . the enlargement of the european union , by extending the area of free movement of citizens , must be accompanied by flanking measures to improve health and safety peaceful co-existence between member states . as far as i see , the conditions in prisons french and portuguese are very different . therefore , if you want common standards , you must first of all define , otherwise you will be facing a training which will be able to take the most important aspects varied . but , thanks to mr posselt , there is finally provided that the training of police must also understand the human rights and defence policy , as is currently very adapted the suggestion of creating a college of police virtual which exploiterait possibilities of the internet . but we are here in strasbourg , in a virtually deserted chamber , to hear something of almost incredible . this is a good idea and in the european union , where citizens enjoy freedom of movement and ebusiness along the right to establish themselves , where travellers from scotland can go into sicily or greece , it is only reasonable to expect to what develops a common system aimed at maintaining the rule of law . the netherlands , the police is termination of the dédramatisation conflicts and to tolerance repressive , under which the existence of sous-cultures of ethnic minorities , the use of churches as refuges for persons without legal resident status and the organisation of protests policies are regarded as phenomena normal social . those who believe in the right solutions that they are defending not be afraid of the cost-impact with solutions to others . i hope that this college will be a starting point for the future . this is a good illustration of what we are beginning to designate today , under the name of europe in networks , a europe which places the nations in direct contact , without maintaining superstructure unnecessary . the majority of cases of abduction of children are dealt with effectively and appropriately by central authorities in all member states . we must therefore filling this gap for reasons of fairness , of realism in the face of the progress and equality of rights and obligations for all citizens of the european union . sociologique meanwhile , we approve this measure and we shall be happy to vote in favour of it . because of our sympathy for the purpose arisen , we adhere to the proposed measures . the visit by a day affects people who are often the turn of the world to see a child . strikingly the position adopted by the european parliament in this field , as well as the jurisprudence of the european court of justice , confirms the commission 's approach . i know that fifa has already played the clock and has waited far too long before answering declaration and the commission 's formal emitted by 1998 . it is quite natural that the european union is represented in the future of europe within the wada by the commissioner responsible for foreign affairs sporting events . the united kingdom 's decision to impose a tax to hauliers non britons it is clear that ireland is a very small market , but an open market . however , the greater part of what we buy emanates from the united kingdom . in conclusion , this debate on the european parliament is premature , but i welcome the fact and the statement by commissioner vitorino which clearly indicates that the british government has the right to introduce a system of euro-vignette provided to respect the rules and regulations already in force . mr president , the taxes and charges are obviously sensitive issues and i can confirm that in the case of austria where we are debating continuously on this subject and seek solutions to a optimisation of road traffic . continually this system is not discriminates against drivers or hauliers from other countries of europe for the benefit of drivers britons . this routier-là pays more than a reason for its vignette , except if there is a paying special on a basis per diem . on 22 november , i.e. the very day the 25e anniversary of the crowning glory of king juan carlos , which paved the way to democracy in spain , a high devices for this democracy comes in turn , to pay for his life belief in freedom , tolerance and respect for the other . dans in you will bear hence all carefully . the european union 's position in these negotiations is to be focused on the preservation of the environmental integrity of the kyoto protocol in the areas of the change of land-use planning and forestry , on the question of ' sinks of intake ' , on the link between the mechanism kyoto and the action at national level , known as the ' supplémentarité ' , and on compliance . preparing for this part-session , the eu should not reopen the discussion on all issues , but will focus on specific issues , particularly on the mechanisms of ' sinks of intake ' , on the " and " on a system of implementation conformity solid . supplémentarité new priorities mr prescott is now under the heading of flottaison and we do not know how long it will remain afloat . hit my final remark : i think it is a good thing that the commission remained firm on the issue of reducing emissions , particularly because it is extremely difficult to measure accurately the scale of the decrease in aim . nuclear energy does not stand a chance to make a come-back . but we must go further , bonn , in may 2001 , by introducing conditions of equality . we should finish by finding a compromise at the bonn conference which will take place in may 2001 . the challenge before us , before on climate change , is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges facing us in the twenty-first century , if we all want a world where we live in the future . this also applies to the inclusion partial of carbon sinks , such as the planting of forests overtime . the conference of hague will continue , and you will allow us to have announced , commissioner , next spring in bonn . madam president , thank you , commissioner wallström , for your speech . if there is an area where there has not been disunity , it is one of the relationship between the european parliament delegation and the commission . we cannot afford not to reach an agreement in the next meeting of the cop6 . we have been very constructive and have negotiated 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 schemes , on taxation , on matters of asylum , visas and immigration policy , on the trade negotiations in the field of public services - very important topic - in some countries are still major problems . i would add that the seats in the european parliament still has not been the subject of an agreement . reaching an agreement which will allow the union to operate after new accessions , all those who are preparing at the moment , is a major challenge for the future of the union and the enlarged union . actively your president there is of course invited . it will be sent , and , we hope , of course , vindicated in nice . so you see that the discussions will be very close-woven at nice . in a union of 27 member states or more , the requirement of unanimity will simply effect of hamstring the advances in any area where it will be maintained . you raised the question of codecision with parliament . ( applause ) this is the real challenge reunite our old continent . this is an unprecedented enlargement in terms of scale and that is what nice must prepare ourselves . gauntlet madam president , the most important objective , the nice summit is the enlargement of the european union and the preparation of the union for enlargement . madam president , mr president-in-office of the council , mr president-in-office of the commission , until now , we cannot say that the fifteen member states themselves are covered itself with glory . this method is not good . proposals are now being presented with a view to allow for majority decisions can be taken into 49 domains . the majority decisions supprimeront right of veto granted to parliamentary democracies of the member states , but that will not in the eu a parliamentary democracy . mr president , europe needs to be the heading , it needs to clarity and choices , to dynamism . the principle of blackmail on proclamation we do not think acceptable in relation to the conclusions of the european council in biarritz , even if it was informally . yes , we believe that the conclusions of nice will include a statement inviting the commission to produce a framework directive in this area . i shall vote on the treaty of nice , when i have seen the results , but i am currently going through a experiment somewhat schizophrenic hearing the views of the discussions in today 's debate . at amsterdam , they were rejected , and the class must again occur at nice . if the difference between large and small countries is too important to the council , it is to be feared that the european union does finds itself , a couple of years , a serious crisis of legitimacy , since the small countries will feel at home and that they will no longer able to defend their identity . afraid of no more the french president and prime minister seem more concerned with their own political future codecided by one of europe . the fact that we do not incorporate the text in the treaty and do not agree that the political could give rise to considerable problems with legal interpretation . the other hand , i underlines the importance of providing our europe of strong institutions as a counterweight an institutional void in relation to acceleration which took place at european level economical with the euro . the aims of this review consist to create institutions which are appropriate in an enlarged europe , and at the same time , to reduce the democratic deficit , which certainly exist . proclaimed effective henceforth but it is also a question of restructuring the 133 committee itself : to make it much more responsible in ensuring that its agenda and its conclusions to be accessible and that its composition is a broad and open . mr president , when i say that the tough issues addressed in nice will not disappear if they were not only are the subject of any agreement at the summit , i do not only to the president-in-office of the council but also for the whole of the governments of member states . the operation of the codecision procedure in the last two years shows that this procedure works well . also say that , in the first time , it should already be admitted that the field of foreign trade policy will be included in the extension of qualified majority . three-yearold over seven years , it was forced to flee their country in the face of the progress of the red army , dissimulant in ditches to prevent the flames of aircraft soviet . our colleague mr méndez de vigo just referred to rightly referred to the charter . we cannot , expect more from him . the agreement which is specified by the day is certainly not the lowest common denominator , it is unfortunately only a tiny , a tiny lowest common denominator . mr president , i would firstly like to thank the members because i find this debate with a high quality . therefore , it is not in any case , not the proclaim , this is not a matter of transparency . indeed , the system of rotation egalitarian also relates to larger countries which , at one time , could not have a commissioner , as the others . i believe that parliament will be able to note that the european union is endowed with the institutional mechanisms improved which should enable them to face the wake of the european union 's development which unites us all . the vote will take place tomorrow . mr president , i would like to associate myself with the statement by our colleague mr van orden . i am totally opposed to it that it is threatening a minister invited , fut-il turk . it goes without saying that we must , within this house for european democracy , to guarantee the safety of all our guests and all those who penetrate under our roof . the minister for health , on the pretext that the pellets are not harmful and under the slogan " soignons cancer by the marijuana they ' , has undermined human dignity in requesting the liberalization of drugs . that is to say the least bad way , not to say a snub to parliament , and except to consider that meps will not have anything to say on the human rights , whereas they have just voted on a very large majority of the charter of fundamental rights , they will absent from this forum in the european union which , last year there were many for dialogue with ngos and the institutions . we have said enough about this . the truth is that the european parliament , as does the commission , was an opinion before amsterdam , that ideally having a vice-president of the commission which is responsible for foreign policy and the high representative assuming responsibility and an obligation special vis-à-vis the council . endosserait dual role , as he will be paid before the feira summit in voting for a resolution on 15 june , the european parliament , tomorrow , should adopt a text which stating its position on the eve of the council in nice . the development of a european security and defence policy is an important reinvigoration of the european project and therefore requires the clarification of the existing institutional framework . in nice , the european council should adopt several decisions , and i quote just now . for the first debate at the beginning of next year , the commission preferably a scoreboard , country by country , for the budgetary year past , showing the state of disbursement and amounts still unspent for the main programmes financed by the community budget and by the edf . commitments ; we have worked on the issue of regional cooperation , which created a certain amount of resistance from a number of countries in this region , who will not be in a past which they were spent , and i think i can say that , thanks to this summit , they understood that it was not a contradiction between regional cooperation and their advancement , their rapprochement compared to the european union , particularly through the stabilisation and association process which has been confirmed and clear on this occasion . réenfermés also notion there had , before , a summit with india , under portuguese presidency and a ministerial meeting will take place with asean this is not a reason for us discouraged . i would remind the variety : humanitarian aid , evacuation of third-country nationals , conflict prevention , but also separated by force of warring parties . it is based , of course , on the autonomy of decision of the european union and on the recognition of the voluntary and political commitments entered into . it has personnifié more than anyone conflict resolution in a region of the world know well and has enjoyed an acknowledgement worldwide justified for his efforts . i find it quite extraordinary coverage of which has benefited the creation of this strength in the country i know best . i would like to thank mrs lalumière for having highlighted the report on the prevention of conflicts that the commission is preparing , together with the high representative in view of the european council in nice . thank you very much , commissioner patten . this is , in my view , the real test for the european union . the citizens impatient complaining that the machine bureaucracy of the european union is at slowness inconceivable . but the citizens , too , must have access to information and documents to an extent as broad as possible . the current proposals fostering the blurring the most whole-hearted about what should this role . with a european flag on your car , you mentions everywhere , even in the most déshérité refugee camps . that is why , mr president , europe must , in my view , themselves decide to act now . if we as europeans , we do not manage to play , regardless of the united states , an influential role in finding a solution to this conflict , it will not either expected to what we have gives confidence as a mediators in other hotbeds of crisis . that said , your personal commitment does not replace the democratic legitimacy of the common european policy on security and defence policy . there are some points in mrs lalumière 's report that i cannot accept . during the final vote tomorrow , i am voting against the report . the non-exploitation of this wide range of instruments for the prevention of crises will prove to long-term error and in this respect , the council 's resolutions have already been adopted and things will follow their courses , i do not suffice ! explanations according to which as you will understand , we are voting against the two reports and we are committed to unite all our forces against the policy that they ever-tougher ... thirdly , as was the one day suggested , we must create a freeway dénucléarisé around the baltic to the black sea . olaf palm i would like to congratulate mrs lalumière on her report . brok report also mentions the post of high representative for the cfsp . i regret the attitude of some of my colleagues , mr van orden and others - because i think my counterparts originating from the other shore of the irish sea have much to add to this issue : the tradition of experience and practice . the european parliament , in collaboration with the national parliaments , is in our opinion , the obvious body to this effect . i believe that the lessons of these events we serve if we accept the need to develop a european defence policy and to implement the capacities associated , which is in my view a component equally crucial to european integration that is not a single currency . i also believe that the interplay between these various resources is a property , is a possibility , specifically to the european union and the work we have before us , if this policy is progressing and consolidated , is to develop a genuine european culture of prevention and treatment of conflicts . i believe that a positive dialogue will develop . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the commission 's resignation , in march 1999 , demonstrated the need to reform its structures and its working methods . the reform , if it can be counterbalanced by the high , must be clear and exposed to the unions , for all staff , and that all staff actually involved in this whole approach . this provision will require time , but it is inevitable and essential for the reform . the commission 's reform is an act essential for the future of our institutions . in drafting my report , i could consider not only the white paper , but also the second report of the committee of independent experts and the resolution adopted by this parliament on 19 january , traffic-light michiel van hulten , on the work prioritise committee of experts . the court of auditors notes in his opinion unless it is not opposed to the abolition of visa precondition , provided that this method will be replaced by other procedures which provide guarantees , at least , and that actors in different from the participant financial can be involved . equivalent in any place , the large organisations are becoming more open , more transparent ; they resort to new ways of using the new information technologies ; they are outside the traditional forms of vertical organisation and stems from an exchange of information , both internally as with other international organisations . mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , in spite of its scope , the content of the white paper presented by commissioner kinnock does not directly from institutional matter . we have also mentioned this afternoon in the debate on the common foreign policy . finally , we need to address the thorny issue of the proposal to put to the early retirement . the decentralisation of financial control within each directorate-general is an important step , but this can only succeed if the staffing is properly trained , if the available resources are adequate and whether the responsibility of the frameworks hierarchical is applied to appropriately . we must give the institution and its director 's real possibility of reaching the best possible management . as regards the disciplinary procedure , we are seeing here , too many promises , but so far , no clear , no definitive statement on how these rules must be applied and even the issue of external has still not definitively resolved . settles this transformation is indeed necessary to serve god 's loyally and cannot be guided by common rules . as for the whole novelty which alters the situations established , it is obvious that we must be careful . however , we will withdraw amendment no 6 and requesting a split vote on the last part of amendment no 15 because we do not believe that the system which apply within the ecb corresponds to the situation . during my last mandate within this parliament , the president of the commission was jacques delors and he worked alongside the commissioner brittan and , before him , the commissioner cockfield . mr president , commissioners , ladies and gentlemen , it is with a justified expectations that we alongside this reform . issues such as the bse crisis , the outburst of oil prices and the greenhouse effect contain a strong european dimension . the public must also have the feeling that the commission is truly open and transparent . for the european parliament , the reform is a crucial issue on which there can be placed in the budgetary authority and legislative . it sets a significant number of procedures to allow an official , by various channels , to denounce the shortcomings potential within the institution which is employs or to inside or outside it . recognisably consequently , i am sure we will be happy to listen to the future . allow me , mr garriga polledo , you say briefly that categories of financial perspectives are maintained . the reform must be supported and accepted by the commission staff . we feel that a reform cosmetics at this moment in profound change . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , i would firstly like to stress the quality of this own-initiative report by mrs sauquillo concerning the reform of the commission and its impact on the effectiveness of the european union 's relations with the developing countries . we want greater responsibility . before we talk of aid to projects , we must try to remove all the causes of exploitation , maximize and those who have benefited , who trespassed on people who live in need . in pursuing it is precisely because mr nielson is loyal towards this collegial responsibility that it databases , without doubt , this proposal this evening . it seems to us even more serious than in the commission 's proposal , the separation territorial is maintained . in 2001 , for example , the financial responsibility will déconcentrées towards 22 delegations , 15 delegations additional benefit of the updating of their plant computer and 40 additional posts for officials will be attributed to the external services . maritime safety but the erika , as ievoli sun , were not ships frenchman . in fact , this topic occupies the summit on the agenda of the commission since the shipwreck fatal for the erika 11 months ago . we hope that the transport council of 21 december will deliver its stone in the structure of the determination of the common european institutions to really improve maritime safety , by adopting a common position on the whole of the three texts . we expect to be the case . i think that we do not go far enough , but we must ensure that this agreement will be applied . i understand and appreciate the desire of the minister for us to dilute as quickly as possible with these two reports , and consequently i judge priori positive proposal seeking to ensure that we are debating this issue in december . all this has enabled us to draw up a parliamentary report on amending the directive , which proposes improvements of various aspects leading to strengthening the system of classification , as a valuable instrument for guaranteeing safety at sea . medium- and nevertheless , the legacy of 1960s where waste were simply dumped is now up to nowadays , and sometimes returned to haunt us , often with serious consequences . to this end , the publication of information is essential because it is a vital tool for the public can obtain information , as it is , amongst other things , the establishment of telephone numbers of emergency . i expect much from the second set of proposals and the creation of a european maritime safety agency . your reflectiveness seems respectable , but we can only negotiate on the results which have been examined by the council . we know that , and port state control does not bring great case of maritime safety . we know that all of classification societies will not effectuaient not their roadworthiness inspections of properly and serious , but rather manner bâclée . we should not allow credibility that we are seeking regaining either threatened by the wrong machinations from the commission . that does not deal with these responsibilities should remain outside our waters and of our ports . the watts report durcit measures against ships lough grave risks or flying flags of convenience , without deleting these flags . i am glad , though , that the commission 's proposals were covered the main requests from the elected representatives of the seashore french : phasing-out of single-hull tankers , strengthening controls in ports and evaluation classification societies . i also agree with his idea of a incitement in order to impose the enregistreurs data to travel . guarantees of competency from a ship require significant measures with regard to corporations responsible and to inspectorates , as has already been said . in short , the measures are permissive bringing to the safety level wished . that is bad for men . everyone talks about and i find it justifiable to 25 % now needed for this on port state control still not been achieved . it is no longer to mere compromise that some of elsewhere prédisent quite difficult to achieve . as regards the information society classification , i would like to take this opportunity - it is also my task - stress one important element : the crux of the current discussion seems to be focused on liability . as regards the controls dockworkers , we must make the regulations more stringent . leniency towards the big companies is a sign that they are more powerful than those elected institutions . mr president , ladies and gentlemen , the question regarding the safety of ships , and therefore the security of individuals and protecting the environment , is certainly a very great seriousness . the reports which have been tabled are along these lines . we agree with the imposition of a threshold for the damage personal or the deaths and the material damage , leaving member states the opportunity to meet these limits . the new technologies and improvements in the designing vessels play in this area a decisive role here too . we must move 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 of the amendments tabled in the context of these three reports . the commission can accept amendments nos 6 , 7 and 8 , but it can only partly accept amendment no 1 . the imo should normally formally adopt the timetable for decommissioning at its meeting in april . the commission 's task is about it to confirm that the information society continues to meet the criteria laid down in directive ; the commission also takes a follow-up performance of classification societies . downlisting of quality the commission welcomes the support expressed in favour of the limit substantiates . once again , this accident demonstrates the urgent adoption of community measures boosted , prevention and rehabilitation , for the protection of our seas . mr turco , i have heard your message and i shall contemplating . that is in principle with regard to the other two reports , in other words , the report on the classification and report on port state controls , there are different points of view , and parliament is whoever has the most appropriate approach rigorous on most issues . positive . madam president , i wish to submit a proposal to amend the amendment in this way , so that it starts with these words : " urges in this respect , the council and commission ' " . report ( a5-0329 / 2000 ) by mr pomés ruiz , on behalf of the committee on budgetary control , on the white paper on reform of the commission ( aspects which concern the committee on budgetary control ) ( com ( 2000 ) 0200 - c5-0445 / 2000 - 2000 / 2215 ( cos ) ) mckenna report ( a5-0336 / 2000 ) the unaccountability of big business is reinforced by the privatization of classification societies , enacted in the hands of shipowners , and by the lack of control moot from the national authorities , and even by the complicity of recent . that is why it is positive that the rapporteurs watts , vachetta and piétrasanta have tried to remedy the shortcomings filled again in the commission 's proposal . liability in the implementation of these measures depends on how the member states . the tankers monocoque cannot continue to navigate here if , moreover , they disappear after 2005 , 2010 or 2015 . however , hatzidakis made proposals which restrict the commission ' s . the promotion of a regulation strictest at international level must remain a fundamental objective of our policy on maritime safety . it is particularly important to emphasise that the principle which is to make the polluter pays must be fully implemented . this community action must be doubled from a reactivation of the imo , which endowed with real powers to enforce the ism code would be an effective instrument , the image of europol . police as the costs of the violation of the rules will be lower than compliance with these companies are eager to leap a photographed maximum will continue to make the wrong choices . preparation of the council in nice instead of shooting the human rights and social rights , the charter facilitates operations aimed at the shooting downwards . towards the top unfortunately , this idea seems to me entirely absent proposals for a resolution . if , as far as i have always regretted that prime minister , lionel jospin , either in low-skill expressed during this six-month term ' as a result of cohabitation ' , i know the strong impetus that he has given constantly to its ministers and i want to say . as regards the social sphere , the proposals are very timid and does not help either of content materializes the commitments made at the lisbon summit , particularly regarding the need to strengthen the economic and social cohesion . that is why no decision on the development of the eu should not be taken if it is a risk remote from citizens of europe . the british wanting a reform which makes europe more responsible and more effective . this text uses the pretext of future ( and ever more distant ) enlargement asking for the strengthening of a system already at an end to blowing . now , the torchon does not only between large and small ' , it burns also between the ' big " . burns ' necesse . 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( sv ) we welcome this report which addresses many tendencies are essential for the development of the common foreign and security policy , and we support . like every year , this report ritual of parliament , enshrined in the annual assessment of the cfsp , uses the method of shifts which consists of a syphon for federalist nature , obtained in one area recompensed , seek to extend it , in defiance of the treaties as decisions of the european councils . well-known progressive , onwards continually principle in bavardant with me , it has heard that there is currently organising a military force of the states of europe , a force ready to intervene in order to maintain peace in europe and in its woods . the other hand , it is not the european parliament to define the ability of which should have a european rapid reaction force intervention and if , in this connection , the capacity of intervention must be sea and air . the conflicts which will arise in future will not be resolved by military operations , but by means of a policy aimed at social justice , economic and ecological disaster . we radically opposed to this european army , as a member of nato and our own national army . the formulations concerning , for example , on the cfsp and nato , seem to me to go much too far , when it comes to use the threat of employment of force " as a means of exerting pressure in the actions of conflict prevention , which breaks directly to the un charter . ' ten years after the upheavals which have shaken europe from the east , the ' peace clause ' which mouthing these reports represents , in our view , a bad signal to the candidate countries . pan-european project only six of these points contain passages in tackling this subject . sadly , one of to-do quite clear is that override national laws on abortion or even to condemn or eliminate religious traditions capitalists to abortion . if they were informed , several tens of thousands of women involved capita of the european union would no doubt glad to hear that we are debating today on a regulation on the work at home in informal economy . mrs smet notably proposes that it establishes a definition of a european domestic work . the needs of domestic work should be taken into account when drawing up legislation relating to employment . they have paid their pension contributions to the various national governments , which were done away prestement as a skilful prestidigitateurs . finally , the group union for europe of nations reminds emphatically that the european union citizens expect more than ever that the reform measures and the armed forces translates into the consideration of the diversity of opinion and the persuasions which are expressed in our countries . as regards human resources , the merit of agents and greater transparency in terms of personnel policy in general must become the strengths of the new administrative reform . on the occasion of this explanation of vote , i would like to highlight and to highlight the fact that our parliament has unfortunately not all the powers that it should have . i would like to finish off as a point of order . indeed , mr barón crespo , new are contradictory . this is not a request from the socialist group . that is precisely why we are experiencing difficulties : this is an important summit and everything we say we will start . i must point out that the commission assembles tomorrow afternoon so , above all , to try to understand the conclusions of the intergovernmental conference . ( parliament gave its assent to the proposal ) i would be grateful if you could have welcomed this request . and i would like to condemn the fact that the next few days ago , one of those who watching on hunger strike in support detainees was assassinated in rotterdam through a squad drove ' grey wolves ' . projecting : this would not have clearly not been unnecessary if the council had allocated more attention - or , simply to our recommendation for second reading and the amended proposal of the european commission , which abondait in our view . last june supported his attention - thirdly , we must determine whether the measures that we approve will contribute effectively to improve the functioning of the internal market and if they are proportionate to the stated objective . the second concern , for strictly legal , gave us an incentive to make it more closely with the interdependence between the harmonisation of the market and the protection of health , following the recommendations arising from grounds on which the court of justice has recently annulled directive on tobacco advertising ; only one reading biased in these motives may lead to the conclusion that these two aspects are incompatible . nature , however scrupulously mr president , ladies and gentlemen , eighty cases fatal for the new variant of creutzfeldt-jakob disease in europe and europe , its council of ministers , the commission , parliament decided to ban animal meal and the non-entrée of cattle aged over 30 months in the food chain without test beforehand . 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 has now proposed in amendment no 1 . according to the court , a total ban on tobacco advertising cannot be justified on behalf of the internal market functioning . as regards the information such as ' low tar ' , ' mild ' and ' light ' , i remain convinced that they are deceptive and i am therefore opposed to amendments nos 10 and thirties . at i would also like to talk about obligation under the treaties . the rapporteur , mr maaten , has proposed , with good sense , to strengthen this legal basis with a reference to article , article 133 relating to external trade , and has also proposed a series of changes to certain articles in order to prevent this directive will not be contested by virtue of the precedent set by the court of justice . another i regret that , within the committee on legal affairs and the internal market , some people have taken a position by saying that the refusal of the court of justice in relation to ban the advertising of tobacco products dashes in some way this directive . indeed , as a member of the environment , public health and consumer policy , as i had eye firmly tempted by various groups to put pressure on the need to regulate more strictly presentation and sale of tobacco products in europe . however , and this is the last straw , i cannot see any provisions aimed at banning tobacco growing within the community - even though in countries such as greece , cultivated tobacco is so strong that under this directive , it would be criminal to use for production . in this directive it should also like to thank mr byrne for the clarity with which he has explained the legal basis . more than half a million people die needlessly each year within the union as a result of smoking , and the number is condemned to increase if we do not take action now . in my view , this legal basis is not at all either , that is why it is right that the unions , that companies and my colleagues conjure up on this subject to the job losses . i would like to see adopted by the photographs , clauses exempting advertising lists of ingredients , research at european level , the measures for health promotion to help children not to smoking and not to be dependent on tobacco , the tar , and the nicotine . the option of warning this willingness to compromise was also present in the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy . according to my reading of the amendment , the waiver would apply to article 3 , i.e. the contents tar , nicotine and carbon monoxide . but given the nature of the directive , we cannot separate one of the other hand , and we therefore need to show severity everywhere . blanket the creation of warnings of a size for some major packets would be a balanced solution . finally , 54 amendments were tabled in the report , and i am pleased to inform you that the commission can accept seahorse , either totally or partially . total the main argument in favour of these amendments and a report at the end of a five-year period touches reality for the enlargement of the european union , which , in the wake of the nice summit , is particularly timely and appropriate . the summer-time have been ultimately coupled with a quality of life , increasing the positive effects for the period when it comes to the emportant largely on the disorders passengers related to change it . apparently been the summer-time were not the bone of contention is essential for our remains a common europe . a single control by the commission after five years is sufficient . we must also take account of the challenges facing the producers of computers and tachographs electronically , as well as timetables and to agendas . madam president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , medical research is needed for patients , must be approved manner speedy and unbureaucratic , by making but to stick ethical limits and in protecting the maximum participants in a clinical trial against abuse . it is not an important distinction that we are doing in our report . thus , even if some points of disagreement with the council , i would remind you that the result that we are trying to get through the adoption of this directive , is the fruit of a long and fruitful work done by mr liese , our rapporteur , whom i thank and congratulate her on her approach participative and constructive and by the council which has declared cooperative and receptive to the amendments that the environment committee has adopted at second reading . compromise remain i am thinking of research in the fight against cancer , but there are many others . unfortunately , despite the measures taken in this area , new threats and new diseases are day , and often are not enough to deal with it . it falls to the community medical to look for ways modern and most effective ways to respond to these challenges . existing medicinal products the vote will take place tomorrow at 12.30 p.m . what was agreed with the council and the commission and , of course , with the environment committee in parliament , for not having a second reading and be able to pursue these programmes in avoiding hiatus , consists of two years the four programmes , as requested by the commission , but to allocate appropriations per year in such a way that , if , in the meantime , the new programme on health is approved and enters into force , the extension and use of appropriations for the second year will not be necessary . smooth prolongation generally speaking , it is high time that the member states to agree to allow the european union , and on an issue legitimately supranational , greater room for manoeuvre and a budget differently consequence : muscular-skeletal diseases , they are not respecter of borders . the international organisations such as europol estimates that the importation of drugs in the european union are in fact increasing . public health is national policy and should remain . the next item is the joint debate on the report ( a5-0355 / 2000 ) by mrs cerdeira morterero , on behalf of the committee on citizens ' freedoms and rights , justice and home affairs , on the initiative of the portuguese republic in view of the adoption of a framework decision on the status of victims in the framework of criminal procedures ( 9650 / 2000 - c5-0392 / 2000 - 2000 / 0811 ( cns ) ) . another is the statement by the united nations on the fundamental principles of justice relating to the victims of crime and the victims of sexual abuse of power , adopted by virtue of the resolution 40 / 34 of the un general assembly , on 29 november 1985 . international initiative you may remember debates on the di pietro report which took place at some time ago in this house . this initiative covers three fundamental points : the right to fall victim to information , access to justice and the right to compensation for damages . the aspect of the most significant lies , however , in my opinion , the fact that we finally realised at union level too , the need to amend the point of view , which we consider the intervention of the state factional offences . conscience , the member states should be forced to create special police units for victims of crime . italy has asked several times the extradition of man , who has committed murder , france , where lojacono circulate freely , and this so that he can finally serve his sentence . various countries in terms of crime , the victim must always be placed at the centre . as you have noticed , the draft framework decision contains three types of different measures : firstly , it establishes minimum rules concerning the rights of victims ; secondly , it bounded by specific rules whose aim is to take into account the specific characteristics of the victims of crime in one member state which is not their country of origin ; and thirdly , it encourages member states to draw up measures to assist the victims . it is already working in supporting the networking of national governments to help the victims , in order to guarantee an appropriate treatment of victims , particularly those who do not lie in the country where the offence took place . at european level services approval of the minutes of the previous sitting mr varela , chairman of the committee on fisheries , competent and content , has the floor again . well bravo ! during the trialogue of last tuesday , we still have brought a last adjustment to the joint declaration by the council and parliament . we have managed wedded to a solution for the 2001 budget . we must pursue a reflect internally on how , in the field of promotion policy , we transformerons current requirements in a transparent procedure . we asked the name of this island and we have been replied : ' this is the innommable " . the council has therefore proceeded at its second reading of the budget , taking account of the agreements concluded with parliament 's delegation , with the overriding desire to adopt a budget to finance all the european union 's priorities and matches the real needs and the capacity actual implementation of appropriations . the third important element of this second reading of the council regarding the agreement reached on the altener programme ' entrepreneurial spirit which ' frugal and complete the programme ' employment initiative ' for the years 2001 and 2005 . in general terms , i would like to stress that the budgetary procedure which will be completed within a few days has shown throughout the interest of the interinstitutional agreement of 6 may 1999 . discussions were sometimes , but they were still pertinent and based on trade , which enabled us to understand each other and , therefore , to find more easily agreement , which i hope satisfactory to all . permanent of better serrées it is important that no country in the balkans will not receive now - because of the democratisation underway in serbia - less aid that what was planned before the recent events in that country . in fact , the use frequentlyrepeated , two years of continuation of the flexibility instrument can be seen wrongly , in my opinion , as a form of revising the financial perspectives . the council told us today that he is prepared to increase the payment of 3.5 % . special thanks to the council and commission for this decision . mr president , i would also like to thank mrs haug on her excellent work she has done . i have the impression that , to put it simply , flexibility is , for small amounts and revision , for the large amounts , but we shall see in the coming years how this progresses . we are now in the situation of having to decide whether we can approve or non-farm budget next thursday . so we must of course examine this budget closely . but interinstitutional agreements between the three institutions are also a very important . they should give us a common foreign and security in terms of planning . the problems mounting relate mainly to unemployment , to the bse crisis and the stability pact in the balkans . madam president , ladies and meps , i am very pleased to be here today to present to you the results of the french presidency of the european union and also to measure the progress made in recent months . we had promised : there is no leftovers from nice . it concerns the procedure for closer cooperation which has been widely facilitated in the first and third pillars . it is both an immense challenge , and also an historic step towards the reunite our continent . thanks to our union is being strengthened , better assured the values of dignity , freedom and solidarity with the pin . this charter and there are a few weeks , it is the chimiquier , ievolu sun , which is abîmait almost channel islands . we set ourselves targets , they have been achieved . madam president , ladies and gentlemen , this six-month period , i think i can say today , our union is preparing to welcome new member states , to combine family now that we are able to work together to strengthen the heart of our citizens on the ground values , namely the growth and employment , the principle of solidarity , namely security and the preservation of the european social model is stiffen and win the hearing on the international stage . saw reinforce in itself insured ; as europeans ; ( applause ) it was inevitable , given the approach followed , but the result is all the more disappointing : firstly , because it re-assessment fails to make it more difficult to achieve , and therefore the blockage easier , whereas the logic should have the opposite accurate in an enlarged union is broadening ; qualified-majority voting ( applause ) at the same time , the declaration on enlargement - which is positive stipulates that applicant countries can join the union at the end of 2002 , and heads of government in countries which are currently negotiating have applauded post-nice . however , it must take into account when a child invite friends to a birthday and that it does not know whether he has enough room home and if there is the money for the celebrate . one thing : it is like - the ambition of nice was the most important european ambition for a summit for many years . madam president , mr president-in-office of the czech republic , mr president-in-office of the commission , ladies and gentlemen , the judgment of my group is harder for the fifteen member states in the wake of the spectacle that they have offered the europeans , likely to take this opportunity and what it is really the vision of the common spirit of solidarity and mutual trust in the main leaders of europe . little paves médusés gauging gavel-to-gavel for all spirit clear-thinking , they are annonciateurs of very serious consequences which leads us to project a federal europe with 27 or 28 member states . allow me also , mr president , to emphasise that following nice , france appears once again like singularly loser . madam president , mr president , the group of the europe of democracies and diversities regrets that the presidency has not acted on the message which he was sent back in july last . many people do not see still on line of arrival towards which the european union should bring them . so there is also a limit which should be assessed . i believe that they do not reflect the view of these three groups , but also that of other groups , who were unable to sign motives for technical reasons . merely thus it is desirable to promote the development of medicines within the community as it is possible to provide patients opportunities for increased benefit from treatments yards . i congratulate my colleague mary honeyball of his first report to parliament . in our amazement , mr fatuzzo has the floor , and i am anxious to know what pensioner he met and what he said to her ! the victim must be treated as a person face to face a situation of confusion distress and - factors which are probably even more acute if the person is deformed in another member state that the businesslike approach . the next item is the continuation of the joint debate on : it was desperate to see focusing the debate on the question to which a vote of more or less , who gain from germany , france , the netherlands or in belgium , portugal or spain . voice or we welcome the fact that a new method for establishing and we hope that , behind this hope , which is writes with the possibility of enhanced cooperation , europe will continue to move forward , it will be able to prepare for a constitution which gives our citizens in the hope that in this fantastic project that is the european enterprise . tomorrow the future member states who are preparing for accession will follow the example of self-centredness given by the current member states . some of it enabling more than others , but the basic message is clear : europe can now be met within a democratic european union and post-enlargement , which will , thanks to the treaty of nice , close to its citizens . the vested interests dominate . in reaching an agreement in extremis on the treaty , it has been avoided a crisis which would have been called into question , but we can talk of a crisis festering should now be sorted out . eastward enlargement overt i do not believe it to be more realistic to fight for reassert its own national pride that for the effective functioning of the european union and i do not believe that european citizens are being mobilised in droves to follow manoeuvres of flibusterie couched in nice by their governments . and what a beautiful project , in any case , eleven years after the berlin wall came down ! at that time , they have had to do so for half of europe , and now we must do so for the whole of europe . the obstacle institutional can no longer be invoked post-nice . firstly , the institutional imbalance : much for the council and bit for the commission and parliament . this method has proved its time . the consequences for europe to have been absolutely incalculable . for example , you know that at the beginning of the european union , the blocking could meet what is termed ' big ' countries , and today needs to be three-fold . two the milestones are wintertime , enlargement is possible , the european parliament will take place in the debate , in the deepening of the runway and ideas . indeed , the european public , which nobody is trustee - moscovici right on this point - cannot be based on the totting-up national interests which will meet with and neutralisent and , in this sense , prime minister verhofstadt , took a message salutary in this respect . we advised them ratification . personally , i believe that the new weighting of votes must take account of the population , like the european parliament , and should be done within the council too . but nice , mr president , is not the end of path , but the point of departure for a new stage involving many challenges . i would like to return to what has already been mentioned several times here today . if it seems indeed that it proved possible to avoid the paralysis disconnection of future enlarged european union , the ambitions of the french presidency has not been able to translate into the new draft treaty . for me , mr president , i think it is simply that nice deserves a mention inadequate . i do not know whether the commission will respond to the end of this debate , but i wonder , in the absence of the council , if the commission is also quite sure that in 2004 , the european parliament consist of members czechs , hungary and poland and members of the baltic . we did not hide the need to continue , with equal vigour and determination that we had before nice , on the road to enlargement achieving our goal , namely the greatest rendezvous with history that the commission and parliament have for the coming years . the other hand , and above all , the problem of funding balkans remains full-cream for the coming years . i would like to congratulate the rapporteurs , president of the committee on budgets , the commission , council and the presidency for the work which has been done , for the conclusion of this agreement will enable us to vote on the budget of the year 2001 . it is also good that additional funds have been made available for small and medium-sized enterprises , which are the main employer . in football , it parlerait from a match nil . precisely because we have a budget and because we have reached an agreement at conciliation , do not imagine that not all our problems have been settled . this importance not come from anywhere but treaties , although the council has sometimes difficulty in recognize this . these rules must be accompanied by a commitment from the college of commissioners ' towards a fairer distribution and effective protection of human and material resources for the management of the various policies , i.e. that the political priority for parliament and the priority of management of the commission must coincide . it is therefore a common obligation for europe to contribute to the security and the regeneration of the environment . it is a lot about the post-nice process . you are obviously due to come back again to this issue . there is no longer a fear of a military attack or an expansion possible a dictatorial regime . in this emerges clearly see that russia situated in the budget , markedly less the same level as morocco , or rather highest , and i do not think that is normal . it would be very dangerous that the european hooked on russia 's plan logistics . and a programme such as tacis has not only a very limited in this context , not to say that it is only one drop of water in the ocean . the falling birth rate , the mortality rate is rising and the net loss of the population is a million people per year . mr putin himself , and we would do less well than mr putin , said that the question of the future status of chechnya is not the main issue . what becomes of russia , its population , his company , they are unaffected . mr president , the european union has adopted in recent years several documents concerning russia and which constitute a good basis for closer relations with the republic of russia . and then , that means freedom for the chechen people ? it will be in a second time to achieve compliance with the laws of the economic progress contributing to this stabilization , the fourth stage is to bring the characteristics of a civil society . him too . but this is an excellent report which , as the common strategy itself , underlines the importance we attach 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 members have mentioned , nuclear safety , the enclave of kaliningrad herself and improving the coordination between the various financial resources . we must avoid the mistakes that an mep was mentioned earlier , which has been committed at the beginning of the last century , when russia was excluded affairs faring after the revolution léniniste of 1917 . we know the consequences will be disastrous . as you know , the council has adopted a common position on the revision of directive 90 / 220 / ec . therefore , i think it is on this side that you will find answering the questions that you raise . therefore , i am quite ready to propose that this debate is taking place : it simply , we must choose the most suitable . i have received no items of information precise enough for me to reply to your supplementary question . it can surely not tell us that it has no precise information on this matter ! the council would remind the honourable member of the conclusions he has adopted at its meeting on 19 may 1998 to fraud in the areas of alcohol and tobacco . all member states have confirmed their determination to step up the fight against fraud , both internally in their relations . the european union has stated on several occasions on absolute respect for that it attaches to the right of asylum . in this respect , the partnership agreement signed in cotonou in june 2000 stipulates that the community safeguarded at the latest by the year 2005 access in toll-free rights for essentially all products originating in the ldcs . acp-communauté european i would remind you that the presidency is not here to express their views on this or that , he is not a matter of individual governments , but to express that are at a time x , a moment " t " , the positions of the council . necesse . ' a system of achat-destruction will be put in place for these bovines , in order to compensate farmers at market prices . untested the french presidency , at the outset , took as desire to allow a european answer to this crisis which is a food crisis , a crisis of society and a health crisis . in the barcelona process , algeria has subscribed to a number of principles , including the observance of the rule of law . - i have already had the opportunity , a few weeks ago , in presenting a few thoughts on the preparation of the special session of the un general assembly devoted to the world summit follow-up to the children who will take place in september 2001 . subject : turkey 's part of its partnership agreement with the european union in terms of the commission 's proposal on the partnership agreement between the european union and turkey , the council is called upon to re-examine the situation disputes outstanding , with regard to the consequences for the accession process , particularly in order to promote their solution by the international court of justice , for the end of the year 2004 at the latest . aiming bonds the council , under the partnership which he has just mentioned , intend to address this issue with the turkish government ? respecte-t-on the rights of defence , and the mutual recognition are contribuera-t-elle ? furthermore , it falls to each member state to take the decision nationally , sovereign , engaging in either by troops national in the operation . subject : the importance of tax for the internal market and the president of the commission , mr prodi , has recently confirmed in an article in november 's financial times that he did not fiscal harmonization of tax rates within the european union in stipulating that tax rates ' smacks of national parliaments and should remain . angelica or common questions nos 23 to 32 will be answered in writing . the stabilisation and association agreement with the european union and the republic of croatia comes at an opportune moment . mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i wish to begin by congratulating mr baltas for his report and , above all for the speed with which he has produced this report . it was indeed important to react quickly in the wake of the changes in croatia , which mrs stenzel has just spoken . the developments in this area is particularly valuable . in 199192 , more than 250 000 croats have thus been driven out of krajina , of slavonia western and eastern slavonia . there is no doubt that this year is a mark of a pierre blanche for south-eastern europe . i do not think that we can talk about meagre results over a year . we are talking about an important point and we can , i hope , count on your support when we come back to you formally consulting once the agreement negotiated . the reactions of opposition to the wahid government are numerous and the peace process seems one-off . the heads of papous are still in prison , too . we also call on the european commission to follow this line . the terms of the commission communication dating from the beginning of next year are therefore justified , even if they were characterised by a certain euphoria emerges clearly from these changes . justice which is not facilitation and the refugee camps , which are spaces of confrontation between the powers old and new indonesia , they witness to the fragility of the democratisation process . determinations the situation in the most worrying is that of the moluccas , where the fighters jihad enjoy a margin of manoeuvre unacceptable . the irian jaya is also a victim of migration policy . we must choose the right priorities , we cannot bogus environmental issues , social , economic links with the essential problem of respect for democracy and human rights , which must be a clear political priority of our relations with indonesia . this resolution reasserts the categorically that the irian jaya forms part of indonesia . the situation has certainly improved and we must encourage president wahid , but a very serious problems . it is surely unacceptable that tens of thousands of refugees are still at the mercy of bandits rearmed which , under the pretext of patriotism indonesian , trying to get away without paying for their criminal past . its 0665 it intends owing to its size : it is the fourth nonindustrialized world by its population . counting because of its economic dimension , because of its role in the region and , finally , because of its environmental impact . that is why we must combine the resources and instruments policemen , administrative and penal both between member states that at eu level . ( the president cut the speaker off ) mrs schreyer , you have said several times reiterated here that , as commissioner responsible for fighting fraud , you consider that it was smooth-functioning of your duty to ensure the independence of olaf . that is the establishment of a financial administration at european level which creates problems experienced in the wrong conception of patterns of distribution of european taxpayers ' money in the context of the so-called ' community ' ; moreover , these models are not , in many cases , no desired . same i would very much like to congratulate the rapporteur , one that i appreciate that i greatly admire as an individual and policy , for his report . unfortunately , i am unable to do so . - the report concerns the protection of the community 's financial interests and on how we should settle this issue . these are the main points . lack of time , i will confine myself to a brief presentation of these points . the debate is closed . there is a european legislation to protect companies against the effects of such a bad management and the commission has now undertaken to implement its own regulations to safeguard the speed of payments . we have other mechanisms at our disposal to reveal the great day for cases of fraud previous who were unnoticed that far . mrs schreyer , you have just mentioned the council by saying that a member state opposed to the creation of a european prosecutor . i also think that this latter issue is a very sensible in significance to the court of auditors what he expects to precisely these reports . neither the commission nor the member states will no longer be able to shirk their responsibility and in particular to the reject each other . he said , in all honesty , regretting it to do so . the involvement of the commission and the court of auditors in drafting this report has been a démarche very useful and , i think , very deliberate on your part . you can see in my speech that i find it interesting to deepen the debate on these proposals in order to see how solidifying those responsibilities in this area . the first major shortcoming of this text is the lack of harmonisation . i therefore believe that article 4 should also be improved . within the single market , investors , whether it was a private investors and companies or of pension funds , should be able to exercise their powers for the benefit of the societies in which they invest and for themselves . shareholders we cannot close our eyes to reality : a acquisition of actions accompanied by restructuring of staff , lay-offs , etc . that said , what effect danger of having the amendments that we are tabling as a parliament ? what should be the concern dominance of legislation governing acquisitions ? that is the principle on which we diviserons perhaps tomorrow . it should instead be easier to resolve the question of what will the supervisory authority responsible . the rapporteur 's amendments generate confusion surrounding disputes , and we would be wrong to vote in favour of the confusion with regard to adr potential . one thing i would like concerning this directive on the takeover directive , which is able to defend robustly before the million voters in my country and the millions of people who have pension plans and economies policy-based investments in stock . this procedure , which already exist in several other member states is , of course , in the field of takeover directive , but it is still a lot further and could possibly studied in greater detail in the context of the general review of company law proposed by the commission . extends finally , i would remind you that we are dealing here with a framework directive , in accordance with the desire that expressed earlier this parliament . the resale right is the right incessible and inalienable artists creators of receiving a part of proceeds from the resale of their works . there is firstly lobbyists britons who fear of loss of jobs . the compromise adopted by the council is therefore no more than a watered-down version of the commission 's original proposal , widely supported by parliament at first reading . i also count on support from the commission , at least for one of the three major points of dispute . it is here too the vitality and the competitiveness of european market for art . in other cases , the picture was certainly sold elsewhere , america , for example . this amendment but nor is it acceptable that partially . competitive postal services it is my proposal , mr savary . firstly : we must ensure achieving fair prices for postal services . secondly , we need to establish standards of quality standards for these services and , thirdly , to ensure the provision of postal service is widespread throughout the european union . the committee on legal affairs has been more demanding as regards the limit of price reserved services at provider of universal service , but its proposal concerning the limits of weight to 150 grammes is the same and rejects the limit of 50 grammes foreseen by the proposal for a directive . finally , we cannot accept a new date of liberalisation as long as there is not prior evaluation . you know how the matter is complicated ; there are indeed of brakes ideological , up-dated sometimes on both sides . even if some within this parliament are able to approve these proposals , however , note that they would have had a devastating effect on the postal services of the european union . maybe these proposals would also like to closure of small bureaux de mails rural , whose survival depends on postal services . if we continue at this rate , we must nearly half a century in order to achieve the open market for postal services in europe . madam president , i would like to make three comments . examining this new directive , we must be clear on one specific point . it is no way , and it must not be . in a situation of fair competition , the monopolistes can demonstrate that they understand their area . but if grandmother delights of receiving a factor likeable , which is also part of the requirements of a postal service quality , not distract us lament , but instead we should welcome . those who arise if badly prepared in a negotiation , those who do not present the report asked about the consequences , those who argue about a ideologically - we cannot achieve the objectives pursued by you that if we libéralisons , libéralisons , libéralisons - must not as no surprise to fall on the noses ! pointedly since 1997 mr bolkestein , the commission is guardian of the treaties . in other words , it is as if it calculait the average income of billionaire and the blackmailed , what can be no doubt give a figure satisfactory but cannot be regarded as socially acceptable , apparently because of the existence of the mediocre . times have changed , mr simpson . governments which are at the origin did not socialists but conservative or liberal . as soon as the proposal was presented by the commission , i immediately known it would never accepted in its original form . because if we are all agreed on the principle of openness and liberalisation , but there is no less than the rhythm is important . the effects of the first directive are not made public , because the consequences are obvious : to job losses and deteriorating working conditions , inequality in the workings of the public service in the whole , especially in the countryside and the working class neighbourhoods . the commission 's proposal provides for a progressive opening up of this sector and , in my opinion , produces an improvement of these services as well as price more competitive . what is essential for the development of the sector 's direct marketing . i appeal directly to the british conservatives . let me say this to annum post : if this compromise is accepted , you loincloth to suggesting a little . we now only have to be hoped that one day we know exceed the situations acquired and overcome the corporatismes self-seeking to make real progress in europe . only 3 % of the market for correspondence has been liberalised . it will be overrun by technology and boudé by consumers who feel that they do not value for money . to help them , it is essential to establish a genuine competition , in a controlled and gradual coupled with a timetable prédéterminé . regarding amendments nos 60 and 61 , i support the principle of completing the internal market at a later date , to determine within a reasonable period . the commission exposes the same opinion and the council decides on the commission proposal as well him happens . nevertheless , parliament must now decide . my second report looks so much in the first and recapitulates the amendments approved by the plenary . it is true , commissioner , that we have certain reservations and some objections . mr president , commissioner , ladies and gentlemen , i would like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur , mr dary has given us a clear commented on the reform , its history and its synthesis - that i shall not repeat . exists in a series of particular regions of the community , outermost regions , in prey to a series of difficulties to be competitive markets and which of the few products is precisely the bananas . this organisation discouraged rather chaos insofar as it seeks to introduce rules which we all adhere . there is no exaggeration to say that this matter among those who have caused the greatest attention to all the institutions . we must continue to give up these producers means to live in buying primarily with their production . objectively mr president , the rapporteur deserves to gratitude and the sympathy for having handled this difficult report . similarly , i thank the presidents of the political groups in this parliament who have accepted the stubbornness and the obstinacy of the members of the outermost regions to ensure that the proposal for reform of the banana being discussed today in this house , so that we can deliver our opinion obligatory and be prepared for the meeting of the council of ministers for agriculture to be held shortly and engaging in 2001 with a new reform of the com in bananas . much has been said here about the so-called unanimity within the committee on agriculture and rural development centred on the report by mr dary . ladies and gentlemen , i have the honour to inform you of the presence among us with a delegation from parliament korean in the official gallery . this support has helped to get 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 of the 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 , 1400 / 97 / ec and 1296 / 1999 / ec and modify these decisions ( com ( 2000 ) 448 - c5-0400 / 2000 - 2000 / 0192 ( cod ) ) community mr president , i should just like to take this opportunity to say , referring to explanations of the commissioner this harms 00h15 , that amendment no 1 commits the commission . ( parliament accepted the oral amendment ) amendment no 2 : parliament had a duty to return and to restore the greater part of these amendments - for which affects the size of warning , the inclusion of ingredients , consumer protection and especially the young . there have , for some members , two categories of people : the europe we are protects volumes and that it is jeopardising economic grounds ? i would particularly like to explain why i voted against the export ban on tobacco products above a certain level of tar / nicotine from the eu and supported the amendments aimed at increasing this limit . madam president , i would be in favour of the radical proposal to use pictures for exemplify the damage that cigarette smoking cause to health , as is the case in canada . i think that is positive , although i - and i take this opportunity to say - that is being spent more for disease prevention . i would have preferred this provision translated into a regulation , which would be better to an issue which concerns citizens throughout the european union . the amendments that mr zimmerling has proposed a fatal blow to the vitality of the european market of art , with the loss of jobs and , i fear , very little to living artists who will benefit from this right of resale . mar . ( nl ) it is willingly that i thank mr zimmerling for the work he has done in this difficult dossier . i am therefore in the obliged to vote against this directive . and the stabilisation and association agreement , the cards programme and the european investment bank cannot constitute the main instruments of the european union 's contribution to the economic and social development of croatia . the indonesian government and army have a duty evident to protect the safety and lives of citizens , regardless of their religious affiliations . that is why we must create as quickly as possible the instruments for combating fraud involving the community 's financial interests . this would make the eu a single legal personality for the inquiries , persecution , the trial and executions of sentences for this type of offence . zone sometimes we seem to have lost sight of this element . amendments nos 11 and 13 seek to re-examine the quota system after ten years alone and in rejecting the establishment of the customs system proposed by the commission and demanded by several of our trading partners . as regards the reason for the preferential tariff for acp countries , we also agree with the eur 300 ton , but we consider the word " maximum ' as superfluous . there is too little opportunity for our trading partners tolerate such an extension . the next item is the commission statement on the eu / us summit united states of america . that is , i admit it is easier said than done , but we must try to resist the temptation - and i know that the secretary of state albright shares this view - to allow these summits are embourber into the details of our relations day-to-day political and economic policies . one of the main lessons was that we europeans should assume greater responsibility in terms of european security . i would be grateful if , for the communication scheduled for the spring , you repreniez into details here and if , in most of the analysis that has been requested by the other side of this house , you made proposals on all fronts , on how we can achieve in the future new objectives in the field of social dialogue , cooperation in matters of foreign policy and security policy , but also of these issues pragmatists are for example the mutual recognition agreements . i am also aware and salute the ' everything but arms ' initiative and asks the commission to take the opportunity summit to put pressure on the united states so that they adhere to this initiative . we must therefore act to prevent the irreparable which expects those who , as mumia abu-jamal or leonard pelletier , are in the corridors of the death sometimes for years . it is not an idea very useful that we certainly will be followed . thank you very much , commissioner . however , i am afraid i am finding under the tirs anything from my own group . finally , we must resort to formulae simple-minded collection of taxes and , more specifically , in the form of investment in passive subjects . the first conclusion is that we cannot do anything without amending the international framework . - ( en ) mr president , our committee would like firstly to point out that the current provisions désavantagent the european suppliers of these services : software , treatment of data , computer services , accommodation and conception of sites and information on the web . it has always said that one of the rules of legislator should not make any laws that you can do not enforce . me firsts : 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 elements which , as a result of a interplay of circumstances , did not receive sufficient popular support in the committee on transport . at the same time , we must pursue the line which is to ask the revision of the convention 's chicago of 1944 , in order to obtain a new provision at international level . the advantages premises in the short term granted to countries are at the expense of other states of the european union . mr president , during the next decade , europe will be initial position worldwide for the use of the internet . many people , indeed , commissioner , wondering why europeans are always so quick to introduce levies and new regulations . on this point , the convention 's chicago is totally obsolete . i do not consider the introduction of a common vat system as a priority and i do not agree that such a introduction is long overdue . therefore , our goal must be up and simplify our tax systems without increasing the tax rates , but in the lower . the most effective option is to apply a zero rate for companies to ecommerce in order to put them on an equal footing with their competing american and others in the world . desirable harmful tax competition is in the interests of citizens and the economy . thus , for that operators established outside the union will be subject to the same tax obligations that operators when they provide services to consumers , they will have to vat in one of the member states of their choice and they will apply the rate of vat in force in this state . sway community but this is not so easy . the place where the tax should be implemented is a fundamental issue , and the debate on the number of countries which would qualify for having companies registered is something which will , in my view , unwieldy and who will move obviously usa to wear complaint to the wto . it is absurd that while a flown londres-bruxelles costing £ virgin airways , for example , the eurostar , which produces far fewer greenhouse gas emissions and which is a much more pleasant travel costs , the equivalent of around 250 pounds for the same trip . 89 with woeful mr president , this debate sees ressurgir of old demons . finally , we have talked about the proposals that were made by the french presidency for that taxation is brought onto the scene of consumption , with an obligation for providers to be recorded in all member states . european companies would be put at a disadvantage compared to airlines of third countries and this will provoke a distortion of the price structure for intra-ue compared with price intercontinentaux . it seems to me at least be a solution which does not automatically lead to a flight of capital outside of europe and which is possible only in the field of the oecd and non-partisan manner one-off through free negotiations individually . i am well aware that some members of this house will feel swamped by visions of contradictory . this makes it possible to prevent the complexity that involves the use of macro-economic criteria or even nature . i now turn to the proposal 's minimum level of the normal rate . consequently , any preparatory work has not yet been done within the groups working within the icao , and it is very unlikely that the forthcoming general assembly mitrovica already to renegotiate the convention 's chicago . important . this feeling persisting even today , and it is regrettable , in the spirit of public opinion in europe . the ultimate objective of this directive is the strengthening of the management of emergency situations at sea , in designating of ports of refuge , in prohibiting vessels to sea in the event of a strong storm and calling for the coastal state concerned to implement the means to intervene in cases of serious risk of pollution . larger at sea , palmed the oil companies tells us that they have a voluntary fund . i hope that after the boost given to nice , doubts and the resistance of some countries will be reduced and that we achieve this objective . we do of course trust for maritime safety , because it must be aware that it does not happen unless we are to be called with this question : " but you , meps , that you are doing to ensure safety in order to change the rules ? ' . him a week mr president , the commission is aware 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 , as well as the minister for initially intention , he proposes to tax lorries strangers to subsidise carriers from his own country , this is contrary to european legislation ? this imbalance between taxes and charges imposed on lorry drivers in the various member states provoking a distortion of competition within the territory of the united kingdom between hauliers from different nationalities . non-economic nature of with regard to the question of the use of meat and animal meal , their export is covered by legislation which governs the production of meat and animal meal , within the european union ; the obligation to withdraw it , for example , the raw materials at risk of meat and the animal meal is covered by legislation and will only take effect from 1 march 2001 . exactly the same way jews are traitor and unfair . i really hope that in every country in the region , we are seeing that services educational promote tolerance rather than intolerance . the answer is not surprising on the part of mr monti . question no 37 by ( h-0900 / 00 ) : the commission will propose also at the same time a support mechanism temporary defensive designed specifically to counter unfair practices by korea during the period required for the conclusion of the wto procedure . it is a problem dramatic . sugar-using industry employs total 70.000 people , but this product only represents a very important part of its marginal costs , environs of 2 % . in coke question no 40 by ( h-0889 / 00 ) : we conveyed our proposal to the acp countries virtually the same time , that in our member states . this initiative was , moreover , not to be subject to deal with , i would like to reassure you , as quantities overtime which could be imported into the community market are weak . these countries have not , unfortunately , taking account of their situation , no negotiating capacity autonomous and , consequently , this is something that we must , in my opinion , do unilaterally , without any compensation . the procedure followed by the commission to give financial aid requested will soon be completed , and it also includes the amounts which the ecpat needs for 2001 . we have three types of activity in this area . the commission 's proposal does not mention the place where could be install what future tribunal . i am not sure to understand what the honourable member is meant by ' proliferation " . the question by mr berenguer fuster relates to marques therein . i would cite as an incentive to renew our action and to ensure that the spanish upwards as quickly as possible what she has done . in my previous question , you replied that it was the fault of spain and you will be the necessary measures . she has clarified the one which i had been made earlier . the directive 89 / 48 / eec concerns diplomas couronnant professional training of at least three years after secondary education . subject : communications discarded in the straits decartelisation of finland and sweden maritime traffic in this strait of the baltic sea has led to disappear because there is no longer uneconomic , insofar as shipowners can no longer practise the duty-free sales . vaasa umeå in the city of vaasa that i have just mentioned , for example , 550 jobs have been lost in the field of tourism , over 2 years , although perhaps due to the end of the duty-free sales . wreaking this proposal to stimulate the development and use of digital content reflects the objective of the lisbon summit . furthermore , i would urge the commission to draw up the procedures for implementing more efficient and more rapid progress in the field of invitations to proposition . if we can only help businesses , especially the weather and the geography , which is highly desirable , of course , we must not forget that , for the content destined to citizens is much more complicated than just take the necessary information to companies . content the digital content , which represents more quantity to quality , standardises and restricts the cultural diversity and social cohesion . the second point which seems equally important , relates to the attention that we must bear the small and medium-sized companies , to start-up . however , when we make this a virtue and that we change the negative signal in favour , that we do not consider our various languages as barriers but rather as bridges and that we all recognise as assets , then it becomes a basis for a european market and to some degree of independence . meagreness simply more valid i will not dwell on all the objectives of this programme : favourable conditions for the marketing and use of digital content , for the promotion of economic activity , broaden the scope for jobs , encourage the use of the potential of digital content by the european scrutiny and face up to the united states . dissemination , therefore , the establishment of appropriate conditions for the production of content digital multilingual european increasing importance . some of them are , of course , very valuable , but find a better place in other instruments that the present decision . the different views may be exposed to the vote is not on the agenda this evening and if the largest group in parliament 's view that parliament must not proceed to vote tomorrow , it seems to me a great deal more correct to formulate such a proposal in the plenary session of parliament , tomorrow 's vote , rather than to make this evening . poisoner now mr president , ladies and gentlemen , more and more people in europe are affected by noise . the member states are free to define when starts the evening and the night subsequent compensation . i am therefore pleased with the commission 's proposal , but i regard this as a first step , in my view too cautious . that is why the rebate and the abolition ambient noise must represent an essential component of european environmental policy in the future . the group of the european united left has therefore supports willingly , even if we wanted to go further in the search for solutions conclusive and in the approach of those who are making money with them nuisance . but let me turn to the bickering and fight which is paper in the scenes , within the commission , in addition , below , above recent times , and yet here at the moment . accordingly , i cannot conceal the fact that my country with great difficulty in accepting the commission 's proposal , at least it does foresees a mechanism sufficiently flexible to ensure that the way of life that we inherited from our forefathers , moreover , as much-appreciated both by the spanish and by the foreign visitors , can be maintained . however , i would recommend this report and , of course , the commission 's proposal to this house . secondly , disturb the daughter directives to standards of quality . i am entirely in favour of the need to harmonise noise and methods of evaluation , as regards the noise , drawing up action plans to reduce levels of noise and to protect areas calmer , and the need to broaden the whole area of information to the public . indicators of any secondly , this proposal adopted a new approach in order to assess the situation in general terms of noise in europe according to the number of people affected by noise . the commission can accept the following : there are amendments nos 6 , 7 , 12 , 13 , 17 , 21 , 22 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 32 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 44 and 45 . partially or in principle furthermore , in general , additives cannot be used for unsafe food processed - which is the case here - who have suffered any treatment causing a substantial change in their country of origin . mr president , with the ppe group , we voted for the lannoye report within the committee on the environment , public health and consumer policy , and it is in complete agreement with our expectations . nobody can we talk about . the next item is the report ( a5-0372 / 2000 ) by mr staes , on behalf of the european parliament delegation to the conciliation on the joint text , approved by the conciliation committee , the european parliament and council directive amending directive 95 / 53 / ec laying down 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 signal , a very clear message , a message of wto-style " no pasarán " . after lengthy negotiations , an acceptable compromise has now been reached in conciliation committee : it concerns an assurance that protective measures taken by the commission will remain in force as long as they do not have been replaced by a new decision , and on the commitment of member states to give their full support to the experts from the commission during the investigation and control that they are carrying out on the ground . i welcome this legislation . the eu structural funds - mainly through the esf , so that the funding of the national treasuries should always be targeted on the development of rural areas disadvantaged and poorer within our societies . - the cities of europe constitute an important poles economic , political and socioculturels . clear legislation and meticulous control of its application are means of action overtime . the commission also expresses its appreciation for the support provided by the european parliament for this proposal and for the many useful amendments which were introduced . substantial given the nature of the activity , the commission can accept amendments nos 10 and 23 . i say ' famous " because it is a very important subject to the method , and you will agree with me that he is not a day that passes without the press is not on the precautionary principle , about everything and anything , to bon or in the wrong way , but more often the wrong way . title the maximalistes seek to block the innovation and progress , while the minimalist advise not to use the precautionary principle is that in the event of danger to health and the environment , i.e. above an threshold to define , but we do not know very well how ! illustrative the clarification of roles is a sine qua non for the restoration of the necessary public confidence in the scientific community , as well as in the policy-makers - namely , we as politicians . in these situations , a safety margin is preserved , for the purposes of caution . we have also requested that measures be taken within the world trade organisation - a regulation , perhaps - which would it be possible within the context of the wto , to refer to other commitments , such as those which we coping under multilateral agreements on the environment , in order to broaden the scope of the precautionary principle . of course , it is also essential to strengthen the legal validity of the precautionary principle for a standard of international law . the art of life consists in managing judiciously these risks and uncertainties . extra-territorial uses it too , and more commonplace , sometimes uses it too little and provokes outrage . i am thinking , for example , to phthalates in toys . we have had the idea eager to introduce toys in sucreries , of ice and other foodstuffs . trade-related the same applies to the demands of the commission , which calls for a detailed analysis of the risks being carried out beforehand . the invites the commission to make use of the guidelines adopted and to integrate the precautionary principle , whenever that is necessary , in drawing up its legislative proposals and in all its actions . it is not possible to provide a threshold of general minimis . by giving for the first time sakharov prize to defenders of human rights which are fighting to within the union , the european parliament asserts that any violation of these must be combatted without compromission . solemnly madam president , ladies and gentlemen , the initiative citizen-centred ' basta ya ! ' wishes to express its gratitude to parliament for the recognition of the honourable member that it commands . above all , it is not only to assassinations . i therefore ask you to follow me and i trust . ( parliament adopted the legislative resolution ) madam president , if the house me , i would like to give an oral explanation of my amendment no 51 . report ( a5-0334 / 2000 ) by mr garcía-margallo y marfil , on behalf of the committee on economic and monetary affairs , on the commission communication concerning the taxation on fuel for aviation ( com ( 2000 ) 110 - c5-0207 / 2000 - 2000 / 2114 ( cos ) ) this agreement is unattractive for some companies but negative for the environment and democracy . the major event evolved since our previous debates stringency is obviously the crisis socalled of mad cow disease ' . this clearly reflects the spirit and letter of the decisions , previously mentioned , the heads of state and government . refutes parliament has managed to impose a few important priorities - in particular , greater involvement in the fight against unemployment and poverty , a number of problems associated with the environment and equal opportunities between men and women , etc. we voted against the terrorist attacks in the right thrashed out in the life programme and the lobby of european women . the importance of the appropriation for kosovo it is not without evoke the legitimate questions about the capacity for absorption of this region of eur 350 million that it was originally planned for him earmark in 2001 . actual of yugoslavia , nothing justifies the granting of tax advantages through a form of distribution resolute . a deadline makes a clear answer to the market players postal and allows national monopolies in better shape for liberalization . can we dropping a simple decision , possibly petitement first-past-the-post , a whole conception of the postal service , which has its roots and his explanations in the peculiarities of each member state ? design the threshold of 50 grammes proposed by the commission , associated with a price ceiling for two and a half times the flat-rate public , is really too drastically and would have devastating consequences on postal services universal . hence our opposition firm and clear to all its comments . we believe that the mails does not fall within the competence of the eu , although the proposal after the reading of the commission is considerably higher than the original commission proposal . dary report ( a-0374 / 2000 ) we consider however that must be protected from the consequences of this war small producers who are working on their plantations without exploit person and their income whatever the fluctuations of the market . pursuant to article 10 , freedom of expression creates duties and responsibilities which may lead to conditions and restrictions and sanctions . we can only rejoice at such an initiative when one knows that the value of digital content european accounts for 5 % in terms of gdp and of the european 191.4 million in terms of jobs . under these conditions are , in particular their coherences and their unity which have policyholder usa a pre-eminence in the market for the future . i also hope that there will , in 2004 , a reduction in the distribution of competences and that it will apply the criterion of subsidiarity so that regions and the autonomous communities can have their status within the union . we must welcome them . for example , on referred to earlier , the national parliaments will be evicted from their last entitlements of ratification , and one country , whether it is minority in the council , can no longer say " no " when a negotiating violera its interests . commercial negotiations we had tried to them and the nice summit was , moreover , very clearly demonstrated that an agenda appreciably extended could lead to a lack of outcome this year , which would have been catastrophic for enlargement . on many occasions , dissuade given the importance fundamental decisions taken at the nice summit , let us render unto caesar the things which are caesar 's . in other words , what parliament wants , it is a check on taxation and issues of social security . the council decisions - obtained from the wrung out during the night - did not offer a solid basis ; advertised huge gaps as regards transparency , the establishment of a european identity , democracy and participation of citizens and the conscience of reform . that is why we must consider his conclusions as the result of a compromise which nobody is wheeled out entirely winner , nor vindicated . instead , the power of national democracies declines to strength to restrict the right of veto and to give more power for parliament to the eu . increasingly therefore , you must vote in favour of this provision which limit yet taxation , because in this way , we will still be cheaper , so we can travel more by this mode of transport . aircraft airline ticket " " does nothing to feet of buildings , you could receive a pot of flowers on your head ! the complexity and the variety of new technological developments and the process of structural change require to integrate damn all local and regional partners in the development partnerships , which are involved in drawing up the programmes strategic regional policy for each region . so we must avoid at all costs to the suffocate or for any harm . one might say that innovation is the scope of all agents surrounding the production process . the gap between developed regions and the backward regions is indeed a much more important in terms of technological development that the level of gross national product . as you know , the bureaucrats were as the main argument is running the risk of errors . i do not know whether the fact that three women have signed today the european budget is a direct consequence of the initiative risi , but i am happy that the christmas present that we are deciding also serves to women . reduce budget in a chapter devoted to the expériences-pilotes , with new ideas in the field of local development and urban areas - giving more concrete results that acceptable - which were at the basis of community programmes such precious at local level that are urban and interreg would also be a mistake . as such , as mr bourlanges rightly pointed out rack , i have never understood , and i do comprendrai ever this regional policy and this cohesion policy as a kind of alms to being made to the poorest regions . that is why , when i am in the negotiations are currently being docup , beyond the innovative actions , i am speaking here of the mainstream , i am very interested in embodied in each of the programming documents a regional basis for access to the information society and i verifies quality , beyond the scope of this regional programme , especially as regards directly small- and medium-sized enterprises , the educational establishments and even the farms . - mrs schroedter , mr izquierdo collado and ortuondo larrea , have quite rightly referred to this question of budgetary envelopes . the price of new shipbuilding have fallen over recent years and have reached their lowest level in 1999 , because of this policy south korea . the commission has had to be a separate vote special interest in ensuring that this was on the agenda for today 's debate . this concept is also in line with the treaty . i did not have time to go back into more detail . however , the commission 's proposal , which includes aid for research and development , the complaint against south korea before the world trade organisation - they are working with prices below cost price , and the possibility that there are any measures to transitional aid until the recourse is not resolved , but perhaps it is our view , a solution more or less fragile , but it is at least a solution . even compared with at the same time , it is imperative to increase the pressure on korea , if possible within the framework of the oecd , by adopting anti-dumping measures . in other words , we burdened with unemployment and are in fact the others who do business with the shipyards . i think it is an excellent left to the shipbuilding industry , the european genuine left . this procedure does not produce any results speedier . it can take up to two years to come to the final conclusion , if it ends . him this mechanism would apply until the conclusion of the proceedings representations to the wto . i am sure that we are all united today to defend vigorously and forcibly freedom in europe , but i would like to say that , rather than the solidarity of the members of parliament , the spanish people need their commitment . by a day of may , seagoing on the waters of sicily , his heart sums up the warning signs of nuclear deterioration . it would be against alarming that , faced with this situation , we did not act as quickly as possible . in both , we affirm the need for the two member states concerned , the united kingdom and spain , collaborate closely to the search for a solution to the safer for the repair of submarine , whilst taking - of course , the public is informed of promptly . we have heard the assertions of responsible for the uk fleet saying that fault was minimal and others who said exactly the opposite , it was important and that it requérait repairs which lengthy and difficult . i know that the house suppose , without these commitments , it would have been present . it is me who comes to represent . the commission is engaged in the analysing . since they are already on-going , considering realistically the range of options available today , the united kingdom and the authorities in gibraltar . cooperation and calm are methods in use in our union . the british government is as it did recently the russian government at a fault arisen at one of its submarines . mr president , i too would like to express my full support to our spanish colleagues in the face of last assassination of the eta terrorist . the commission , in the clear answer that she gave two months ago and in its response to today 's debate has taken responsibility for the acknowledged , although the proposal for a resolution of the group of people who , together with other banalisations topic , we has prevented 's share , will not recognised . the minister commonest government to gibraltar , peter caruana , has made a wise decision , when he asked for a panel of experts from the confine myself abreast of developments in the situation . that is and remains in our view the attitude of more coherent and one which ensures that the best interests and the safety of all parties concerned . b5-0908 / 2000 by members maij-weggen and mr posselt , on behalf of the ppe-de group ; in 1980 , unhcr revolved around five million refugees . today , we welcome the chr and the whole humanitarian personnel . mr president , the commission supports this of course the support that parliament supports the hcr in connection with the 50th anniversary of the institution . i would like to develop a broader issue which has a direct link with the comments that the honourable member has said just now . b5-0909 / 2000 by mrs pack and others , on behalf of the ppe-de group ; the final issue i would like to talk about the tragic events which took place at the border between serbia and kosovo . that is what is the place of milosevic and not the congress of party in belgrade . as far as we are concerned , the mentality of ethnic groups in kosovo which scramble still them must be changed and become a mentality which includes mutual respect . i do not want sing our own praise , but we can also say that the european union reacted very quickly in 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 has ensured that chile , general pinochet would have a fair trial and indeed it has today lost his immunity and judicial authorities chilean initiate legal proceedings against him . let me remind you that it is important that we were to approve this joint resolution , now that is pinochet in chile , what we were unable to do when pinochet was the united kingdom . i declare the knowing full well that these principles are those of the party of european free alliance and the greens in this house . mr president , before we start my speech , i would like to join the condemnation of sergeant , which has cost the life of an elected representative , a activist and a advising people 's party in catalonia , in spain . this is why i am delighted that my political group and i believe , the majority of our parliament , do not lead to play the coffers of resonance for the exploitation of the crisis underway . life is in danger . the league of human rights suspended its premises are brought under scellés and its president , moktar trifi , is convened before the tribunal , as has just been said , you on 25 december . - defenders of human rights , trade unionists academics , journalists and students are state of rigmarole constant from the authorities . it is in a state very critical . harassment daily and the tabassage from all democrats are really generalised . i hope that in this case the judicial system chilean will continue to show independence and efficiency . we know that the heads of mission in the european union follow closely the political situation in the country . finally , i would like to mention the crucial role played by parliament , who has helped to raise the awareness and to intensify the dialogue on these issues , by means of visits parliamentary and public debates like this . laurent gbagbo must enter into a genuine policy of national reconciliation , which involves the break with the speech on the ivoirité , the modification of the constitution racist , and by the holding of elections where any candidates is not excluded , otherwise the risks of secession and civil war will only grow . mr president , the news of côte d ' ivoire liabilities for months the justified concern among citizens and the concern corresponding within our parliament . the conditions are : that no-one feels excluded , as the supreme court established by the military power disappear , that the head of state is implies unequivocally in the process of restoration of democracy and that it listens to the committee 's opinion for national reconciliation . the concept of ivoirité seems to me , personally , outstandingly well founded . a demi-douzaine of copies are now available to the president-in-office . mr president , on behalf of the greens , we withdraw our proposal for a resolution . mr president , i can confirm what has just been said by mr posselt . ( the minutes were approved ) with regard to these people , the member states must implement various policies , as well as the problem of assistance is necessary because , as one of the war-risk insurance costs , particularly those with disabled persons whose families are actually not able to assume a caring for definitive and complete . by attacking mr president , this is a great pleasure for me to speak on behalf of the greens / european free alliance and to congratulate the rapporteur for his excellent report . at present , thanks to the improvement of resources sanitation , information , the health care , housing and pension schemes , more and more people live oldest . above all , the governments of member states , administrations federal states , the provinces , and districts which , by numerous recommendations , may be somewhat useful . the basis of this vision of life is thrown into the family , in which all human beings thrive as child-proof . it is often the case that , in recent years of life , graves seriously ill , it remains totally handicapped , there is a need for aid for all . to conclude , i would like to stress a point relating to medical care . the speech was also : women must not work to ensure that people have a job . the first analysis , so far , this may appear as a handicap . we shall have to find ways . the many elderly people active should we motivate us to fight for a society in which the intergenerational solidarity must be more than a fine speech ! these measures must be adapted to different situations and traits with regard to the quality of life and self-sufficiency economics . only through joint efforts and subsidized can help . there must be room for manoeuvre discretionary for preferences and individual decisions . if someone extant all objects which fail to our colleague , prayer on them back , in particular its glasses , because marialiese flemming was in your surreptitiously , mr fatuzzo . finally , we should re-impose explicitly text into the possibility of actions in favour of the outermost regions and their logo . we must also insist on production methods which are respectful of animal welfare and the environment . it is also the reason why i am glad that this week , the european parliament , we have created a working group for biotechnologies . naturally , these communications institutional should instead be complemented by a great distribution in particular . orchestrées operations advertisers if parliament 's proposals , which by three times secured a majority of our voice , but that is another example of the powerlessness of the european parliament - for that set-aside , can be cultivated with legumes or trèfles and that the pâturages be authorised , we would be more pâturages and therefore more than fodder proteins . palmed were applied - it is normal that these costs are borne by the producers , the sellers and professional organisations , and not by the european union . we must ask ourselves why we have failed in the past to encourage industry within the european union to use the money which was available . of course , if we can create and promote best for the environment , taking account of animal welfare , and the sell on world markets , then we will achieve exactly the target , which common agricultural policy was conceived . food products with regard to amendments nos 9 and 10 which call for the introduction of a county of management , and as regards amendments nos 7 , 19 , 23 , 27 , which require other changes the procedure , i must add that the commission should adhere to the rules of procedure coherent . special all those who say that europe can whereby. still have some good reason . insistent mr president , it is scientifically proven that the moderate consumption of wine is one of the best prejudices against cancer , as congestion , alzheimer 's disease , et cetera . . ( nl ) i would like to praise the rapporteur for his work .