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armenia and georgia will have difficulty understanding the fact that the community is reducing its aid in spite of the major efforts which these two countries with support from the imf and other contributors have made to reduce their financial liabilities towards the community

this would put the community in a difficult situation regarding both these two countries and the international community

the commission considers that it would be unfortunate if the community were to refuse to confirm its financial aid to countries whose strategic importance to the community is obvious

moreover we ought in the light of the present difficulties in the caucasus to send out political signals indicating that we want to continue to support the considerable efforts which are being made to achieve stabilisation and democracy as well as to introduce reforms

the debate is closed

we shall now proceed to the vote

following the vote on the amendments

mr president after the voting i would like to raise a point of order concerning the texts adopted yesterday

if you would allow me i would like to take up a few minutes after the votes

you may do so

(parliament approved the legislative resolution) explanations of vote

mr president i would like to say how pleased i am to give this last explanation of vote of 1999 on the savary report which i voted for

i am very much in favour of this european community initiative which aims to grant practical aid to the most deserving regions such as tajikistan

i would like as mr blokland said in his statement to say to commissioner wallström who is disturbing the sleep of italian greek and spanish pensioners because of superannuated cars which have to be quickly taken off the roads that i would appreciate verification as to how the aid is distributed once it has been granted to tajikistan and other states

i would be pleased if it was given to people who need it such as pensioners

mr president despite having some serious concerns i voted in favour of the financial aid package because i see in it an opportunity to establish a market economy democracy and peace using financial incentives of the kind put forward by mr karas rather than force

i would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all those fellow meps who gave me their support in this and would like to wish you all a merry christmas and happy new year

mr president very briefly on a point of order regarding the texts adopted yesterday

during the debate i was watching what exactly was written down regarding the vote for the murphy report on late payment

i would like to ask you to get your department to look at amendment no 20 again as i am 999 certain that this is not the text we voted on or at any rate not the text which should have been submitted because this is not what the industry committee provided

i have asked to be given the floor officially because i fear that we will be unable to reach the departments during the christmas break and in order to avoid problems during the conciliation procedure

thank you very much mrs thyssen

we will make the appropriate checks because evidently the minutes have been approved therefore there will have to be a technical correction where appropriate

mr president i do not know if this is a technical correction but i have just discovered that i am not included in the members from luxembourg in wednesday' s minutes concerning mrs palacio vallelersundi' s report on the verification of credentials

mrs reding' s name is there instead

i know that i owe my seat to her being appointed a commissioner but i do not understand since i have been a member of this parliament since 16 september why my name does not feature in the minutes covering the verification of credentials

would you please rectify this

mrs lulling i cannot rectify this because this report does not affect you

you were elected on 16 september as you quite rightly said and this report concerns those who were elected on 13 june

you replaced mrs reding

there will therefore be another report which will i hope confirm your mandate

mr president as it is now christmas i would be grateful if you would allow me to speak for a moment

i would like to thank you and clear up a misunderstanding

the president is entitled to allow an mep to ask a question of the commission

i wanted to ask the commissioner a question and also answer a question that you asked of mr mayer

i wanted to say that in the spring there will be a large beertasting session for bavarian beer in the parliament courtyard here in strasbourg

mr posselt i am very pleased but in any case i would remind you that when requesting a procedural motion you actually have to indicate the rule to which you are referring

having said that parliament has reached the end of the agenda

the minutes of the present sitting will be subject to parliament' s approval at the beginning of the next partsession

mr manders has the floor for a procedural motion

mr president i would like to take this opportunity to wish you the bureau and all members a good transition into the new year

ladies and gentlemen before you leave me alone i would like on behalf of the bureau once again to thank all the members all the services officials assistants and other coworkers and if you will allow me although all the coworkers work for us perhaps a special mention should go to the language services which help us to understand each other here

i would also like although they are absent to mention the commission and the council

i am not going to reopen the 'millennium or not the millennium' debate but i am going to wish all of you and by extension all the citizens of europe which we represent a happy year 2000

adjournment of the session

i declare the session of the european parliament adjourned

(the sitting was closed at 1050 am)