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B4-0866, 0883, 0885, 0897, 0900, 0903, 0920, 0927 and 0932/95

Resolution on a day to commemorate the Holocaust

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its numerous resolutions on combating racism and xenophobia and its resolution of 11 February 1993 on European and international protection for Nazi concentration camps as historical monuments ((OJ C 72, 15.3.1993, p. 118.)),

A. having regard to the upsurge of racism, anti-semitism and xenophobia facing the international community,

B. whereas Europe must respond firmly and clearly to these threats,

C. insisting that the peace in Western Europe since 1945 will not continue if the totalitarian and racist ideologies of the Nazis which led to the Holocaust of the Jews, the genocide of the gypsies, the mass murder of millions of others and to the Second World War are not prevented from spreading their pernicious influence,

D. having regard to the fundamental importance of education in preserving and passing on memories, particularly with regard to the Second World War,

E. having regard to the emergence of revisionist theses concerning the genocide which took place during the Second World War,

F. whereas the Advisory Committee on Racism and Xenophobia has completed its work and proposed to the Council a series of measures to combat racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism,

G. whereas the dangers of the upsurge in racism, anti-semitism and xenophobia have recently been illustrated by shocking incidents in the Member States, such as racist killings, arson attacks, bomb attacks and the desecration of cemeteries,

1. Calls for an annual European Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust to be instituted in all the Member States of the Union;

2. Calls on the Member States to organize on this day activities which recall the Second World War and the Holocaust and illustrate the dangers of totalitarian and racist ideologies to young people in particular;

3. Calls on the Commission to draw up a European pilot project for the organization of this day;

4. Calls on the member states of the Council of Europe to back this initiative;

5. Calls on the European Council to adopt an overall strategy to combat racism and xenophobia, to ensure that the European Union and the Member States give a clear and firm response to the menaces of racism, xenophobia, anti- semitism and Holocaust-denial;

6. Reiterates its request in its most recent resolution of 27 April 1995 on racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism ((Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 4.)) that the Commission study ways in which the Union, whilst respecting the principle of subsidiarity, can act against racism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and Holocaust-denial at European level;

7. Calls on the Council to take immediate account of the recommendations of the Advisory Committee and to transform them into actual measures to combat racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism;

8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Governments and Parliaments of the Member States, and the governments of the member states of the Council of Europe.
A4-0081/95

Resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the adjustment of the financial perspective to take account of the conditions of implementation (submitted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993) (SEC(95)0274 - C4-0139/95)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the budgetary authority (SEC(95)0274 - C4-0139/95),

- having regard to the results of the trialogue of 4 April 1995,

- having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure of 29 October 1993 ((OJ C 331, 7.12.1993, p. 1.)),

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A4-0081/95),

1. Approves the joint decision attached;

2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

of the European Parliament and the Council on the adjustment of the financial perspective to take account of the conditions of implementation in accordance with paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union,

Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure ((OJ C 331, 7.12.1993, p. 1.)),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the financial perspective must be adjusted to take account of the conditions of implementation of the budget in 1994,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS

Sole article

1. The ceiling for appropriations for commitments in the Structural Funds subheading of heading 2 of the financial perspective shall be raised by ECU 869 million in 1996 and by ECU 869 million in 1997, at current prices.

2. The overall ceiling on appropriations for payments in the financial perspective shall be raised by ECU 935 million in 1996, ECU 696 million in 1997, ECU 434 million in 1998 and ECU 173 million in 1999, at current prices.

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament, For the Council of the European Union,
B4-0685, 0703 and 0714/95

Resolution on the human rights situation in Armenia and the banning of the FRA Dashnaksutyun party

The European Parliament,

A. whereas since its independence on 21 September 1991 Armenia has been engaged in the construction of a state based on the principles of freedom and democratic institutions,

B. whereas parties have been forbidden by law to have governing bodies abroad or have foreign membership, even if of Armenian origin; whereas the funding of Armenian parties by foreign sources has been banned,

C. having regard to the decision of 13 January 1995 by the Armenian Supreme Court to suspend the opposition party FRA Dashnaksutyun for a period of six months, when a general election will be taking place in July 1995, a decision which confirmed the presidential decree of 28 December 1994 banning the party on a charge of having violated the Republic's law on civil and political organizations,

D. whereas freedom of expression has been attacked by the banning of a dozen newspapers, including the press affiliated to the FRA Dashnaksutyun party and its press agency, as well as 'independent' newspapers which the authorities say are linked to that party,

E. having regard to the report of the mission to Armenia by the 'Human Rights Advocates' of 20 to 26 January 1995, which refers to the arrest since December 1994 of 21 members of the FRA Dashnaksutyun party on the suspicion of being members of a 'presumed' clandestine terrorist group within the party,

The European Parliament,

1. Considers that the banning of opposition parties is an attack on the basic principles of democracy; considers, however, that any democratic party must comply with the laws and regulations in force in its own country;

2. Calls, accordingly, on the FRA Dashnaksutyun party to take the necessary measures, as indeed the other opposition parties have done, to legalize its position, enabling the suspension order on it to be lifted forthwith, and thus remove any opportunity for the Armenian Government to use the present law to prevent it from taking part in the electoral process;

3. Considers that the censorship of the press linked to the suspended opposition party, as well as the censorship of some independent press, is a violation of freedom of expression, which is a sine qua non of any democratic system;

4. Calls on the Armenian authorities to reconsider their decision to ban certain newspapers and allow all the country's political forces to participate in complete freedom in the forthcoming election, with due regard for the laws governing the country;

5. Calls for the 21 persons who have been arrested to be given, as rapidly as possible, a fair trial in which the rights of the defence are respected, in the presence of international observers;

6. Welcomes the decision of its Conference of Presidents to send an observer mission before the elections of July 1995 to examine the conditions for the preparation of these elections;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Armenian Government.
B4-0882/95

Resolution on the inhuman treatment of prisoners in the state of Alabama in the United States

The European Parliament,

A. alarmed at the spectacularly regressive step taken by the Governor of the State of Alabama in chaining up prisoners who are habitual offenders and who are already forced to work on public roads for the dual purpose of economizing on staff and tackling recidivism,

B. aware that the return of chain-gangs is humiliating for these prisoners,

C. convinced that recidivism should never be tackled by imposing cruel punishments on prisoners, which are, moreover, prohibited by the constitution of the United States,

D. concerned at the example which this measure could set for other states, several of which have recently implemented a series of measures in their prisons which have already resulted in poorer living conditions for prisoners,

E. stressing the dangerous way things are going in the United States, which is constantly endeavouring to renew its arsenal of punishments for criminals,

The European Parliament,

1. Calls on the Governor of the State of Alabama to suspend application of this measure immediately and definitively;

2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the government of the State of Alabama, the President of the United States and the governments of the Member States.
B4-0638, 0646 and 0660/95

Resolution on the impending executions in the USA

The European Parliament,

A. recalling its previous resolutions opposing the use of capital punishment in individual cases in many different countries as well as its opposition to the death penalty in principle,

B. deeply shocked at the number of executions due to take place in the USA during the next few weeks,

C. distressed that, after an interval of 32 years, the State of Pennsylvania plans to resume executions by putting three men to death between 4 April and 2 June, although two of them, Mr Martin Appel and Mr Keith Zettlemayer, are believed to be mentally ill and the third, Mr Joseph Henry, is a black man who was convicted by an all-white jury for the murder of a white women,

D. distressed that the Governor of the State of Florida has refused to reprieve Mr Raleigh Porter although, when he was sentenced to death for two murders in 1979, the jury voted unanimously that he should be sentenced to life imprisonment, and that this recommendation was overruled by a judge who was reported as 'wearing brass knuckles and fondling a pistol',

E. distressed that the State of Georgia intends to put to death Mr Nicholas Ingram, a British citizen who also holds American nationality, although there is serious doubt as to Mr Ingram's guilt since he was arrested wearing the same clothes he had worn on the day of the murder on which there were no bloodstains and the murderer was described by the surviving victim of the crime as having 'long hair and a hairy chest', when Mr Ingram had neither,

F. stressing that Mr Porter has been under sentence of death since 1979, Mr Zettlemayer since 1980, Mr Ingram since 1981 and Mr Henry since 1987,

The European Parliament,

1. Appeals to the Governors of the States of Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania to exercise their right of reprieve in the cases for which they are responsible;

2. Considers that to keep human beings for many years under sentence of death constitutes cruel and inhuman punishment which is contrary to the Constitution of the USA;

3. Points out that, after electrocution, the method of execution in Florida and Georgia, signs of life can continue for up to half an hour;

4. Reaffirms its total opposition to capital punishment;

5. Appeals to the competent US authorities to place a moratorium on death sentences as an initial step towards the total abolition of capital punishment in the USA;

6. Instructs its Delegation for Relations with the United States to raise the question of the death penalty at its next meeting with the US Congressional Delegation to the European Parliament;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the US Congress, the Governors of Florida, Pennsylvania and Georgia and the US Supreme Court.
B4-1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569 and 1570/95

Resolution on the crisis in the salmon sector

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on the crisis in the EU salmon sector,

A. whereas the dumping of Norwegian salmon on the European market, which has been going on since 1989, has resulted in price instability on the EU salmon market with a knock-on effect on other fish products throughout the European Union,

B. whereas, due to an increase of 27% in Norwegian salmon exports to the Union in the first nine months of this year and the resulting 21% reduction in the price of salmon on the Community market, the industry is again in crisis,

C. whereas Norwegian production of salmon is set to increase further in 1996,

D. whereas salmon production, in particular in Scotland and Ireland, is a vital source of employment in many rural areas with Objective 1 status; whereas price stability is essential for the future of the industry,

1. Calls on the Commission to take urgent action to reimpose a realistic minimum import price on salmon;

2. Calls on the Commission to explore a longer term solution within the context of the EEA Agreement;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Norwegian Government.
B4-1275/95

Resolution on the devastation of crops in the Kiato region of Korinthia

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the devastating hailstorm in August 1995 that blighted vineyards, olive trees etc., and totally destroyed production in the Kiato region of Korinthia,

B. whereas the destruction of crops and plants for forthcoming years will have immediate and severe repercussions on the economic life of the surrounding areas,

C. whereas the damage has forced many farmers to increase their borrowing,

D. whereas there is an urgent need to repair the damage,

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its fullest sympathy and support for the producers affected;

2. Calls on the Commission and the EIB to coordinate their efforts, in cooperation with the Greek Government, to make an accurate assessment of the damage and grant emergency financial aid to the producers affected in order to cover the damage;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Greek Government and the Korinthia provincial council.
B4-1145/95

Resolution on fires in Greece, Italy and Portugal

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the large number of fires which caused extensive damage in several parts of Greece in late July and during the month of August - including the areas of north-eastern Attica, Rethimnon in Crete, Aiyion in the Peloponnese and Psakhna in Evvoia - and destroyed thousands of hectares of woodland and farmland,

B. having regard to the particularly fierce fire which devastated the villages of Argalasti, Xinovrisi and Siki in the Pilion area on 29 August 1995, totally destroying thousands of hectares of arable land and olive groves, which are the only source of income of local inhabitants and which had already been damaged in the past by frost and fires,

C. having regard to the large number of fires which have caused extensive damage in Italy, particularly in Liguria, Sicily and Sardinia,

D. having regard to the large number of fires which caused extensive damage in Portugal during the summer,

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its deep sorrow at these events and wishes to convey its sympathy to those affected;

2. Calls on the Commission to cooperate with the various governments and local authorities with a view to formulating a consistent fire prevention policy;

3. Calls on the authorities of the EU Member States in which such fires are most common to institute thorough forest maintenance programmes during the pre-summer months so as to reduce the likelihood of fires occurring in the first place;

4. Calls on the Commission to cooperate with the various governments and local authorities in assessing the damage and taking the necessary preliminary measures with a view to compensation;

5. Asks the Commission to grant financial aid to local inhabitants in the countries most affected;

6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of Portugal, Greece and Italy and the local authorities in the areas affected.
B4-1158/95

Resolution on storm damage in the north-east and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

The European Parliament,

A. noting the severe damage caused in the north-east and Highlands of Scotland by extraordinary rainfall concentrated within several days,

B. noting the ruination of much agricultural land and of crops as a direct result of these floods and the damage to river protection systems,

The European Parliament,

1. Requests the Commission to investigate the position and to gather facts as to the extent of the damage;

2. Calls for an adjustment of the Community Support Frameworks in northern Scotland to enable additional funding to be spent on relief measures and for such support to be extended to affected zones not covered by Objective 1 or 5(b);

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Scottish Office.
B4-1367, 1399 and 1400/95

Resolution on the fate of the French pilots Frédéric Chiffot and José Souvignet

The European Parliament,

A. concerned at the fate of the French airmen, Captain Frédéric Chiffot and Lieutenant José Souvignet, shot down by Serbian units over Bosnia- Herzegovina on 30 August 1995,

B. whereas Serbian troops claim to have captured the two pilots,

C. whereas the two pilots were subsequently seen and photographed alive and the Serbian President, Slobodan Milosevic, again stated at the beginning of October 1995 that they were alive and that he took personal responsibility for their safety,

D. whereas since then the Serbian authorities have released no more news and are maintaining a steady silence on the subject although rumours that they may have been executed are multiplying,

The European Parliament,

1. Calls for the immediate release of the two pilots, whose safety has been guaranteed by President Milosevic;

2. Expresses its sympathy and support for the families of Captain Chiffot and Lieutenant Souvignet;

3. Condemns the Serbian authorities' total silence on the fate of the two French officers captured by Serbian forces in August;

4. Calls on the Council and the Commission to conduct without delay an investigation, with all the resources at their disposal, into this matter;

5. Calls on the Council to bring the full range of diplomatic pressure to bear on the Serbian authorities so that the latter conduct a speedy inquiry into the fate of the two French pilots;

6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
B4-1266/95

Resolution on the risk of a serious accident following the restarting of No. 1 reactor at the Bulgarian nuclear power plant in Kozloduy

The European Parliament,

A. noting with great concern that the Bulgarian authorities have authorized the No. 1 reactor at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant to be restarted without essential checks being carried out first,

B. whereas the international experts who have visited the site and well- respected specialist bodies in the field of nuclear safety such as ISPN (France) and GRS (Germany) consider that a serious accident resulting from a crack in the reactor's pressure vessel cannot be ruled out,

C. whereas no action has yet been taken in response to the official representations made to the Bulgarian Government by the seven most industrialized countries,

D. whereas this is a very serious matter involving a risk to the safety of all European citizens,

The European Parliament,

1. Calls on the Bulgarian authorities to shut down the reactor immediately and to carry out all necessary checks with the assistance of the international scientific community;

2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Bulgarian Government.
B4-1114, 1164 and 1179/95

Resolution on the disastrous fires in Greece in the summer of 1995

The European Parliament,

A. whereas forest fires in the Community, particularly in the Mediterranean Member States, continued to cause catastrophic economic and environmental damage during 1995,

B. whereas numerous fires in Greece burned down vast tracts in Lesbos, Pelion and especially in the villages of Argalasti, Thinovrisi and Sikki, in Ikaria, Rethymnon, Lasithi, Euboea, Messenia, Achaia, Halkidiki and elsewhere,

C. whereas the fire in the already environmentally stressed Attica region on 21-22 July 1995 devastated more than 5 000 hectares of valuable suburban forest, for the 4 million inhabitants of Attica and left many homeless,

D. whereas in Greece more land is destroyed by fire than in any other country in Europe,

E. deeply concerned at the conclusions drawn by the EC's STOA programme 'Forest fires in southern Europe' in November 1993 to the effect that the various Community measures designed to promote regional and rural development are not sufficiently coordinated and on occasion completely contradict the objective of preventing fires,

F. considers again that the lack of a common forestry policy is one of the main reasons for the ineffectiveness of Community and national measures to tackle the problems associated with forests, including fires,

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its sympathy and solidarity with the inhabitants of the stricken areas and calls on the Commission to grant them emergency financial aid to repair the damage as quickly as possible;

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure the adoption of a common forestry policy, alongside the CAP and other common policies, when the Treaty is revised in 1996;

3. Calls on the Commission to include in its planning policy, and especially the INTERREG programme, measures against fires;

4. Calls for the creation of a European Forest Policy Centre in which a special forest-protection and fire-extinction institute should operate;

5. Asks the Commission to provide information in response to its resolution of 29 September 1994 on forest fires in the countries of the south of the European Union ((OJ C 305, 31.10.1994, p. 102.)), which called on the Commission to assess and report on the effectiveness of measures adopted by each Member State and by the EC itself to tackle forest fires;

6. Asks the Commission to provide information on implementation of the programme called for in its above-mentioned resolution on the training of local officers, focusing on fire-fighting methods and on practical information and guidelines for the general public so that, on the one hand, it can be included in the fire defence policy and, on the other hand, to avoid casualties;

7. Regrets the fact that the Commission has not yet acted on the requests made in Parliament's resolutions in recent years, particularly the above- mentioned resolution;

8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.