European Parliament resolution on the financial perspective with a view to the European Council meeting in December 2004
Date: 2004-12-02
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Council, adaptation of financial perspectives, enlargement of the Union, general budget (EU), multiannual financial framework

25.8.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 208 E/57

Thursday 2 December 2004

10.
Rejects allegations, especially by the Russian President, that, by expressing their support for the
Ukrainian people's right to exercise their democratic rights, the European Union and the international com-
munity were encouraging violence; stresses at the same time that Russia carries a great responsibility for the
situation in Ukraine;

11.
Believes that relations with Ukraine depend on a democratic solution, and pledges its continuing
support, assistance and commitment to the Ukrainian people's establishment of a free and open democratic
system, their creation of a prosperous market economy and their country's assumption of its rightful place
in the community of democratic nations;

12.
Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States, in the anticipation of a satisfactory
outcome of the present situation, to speed up the adoption of the Action Plan for Ukraine, to engage in the
rapid implementation of this plan and to include new measures aimed at strengthening the role of civil
society;

13.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Parliament and
Government of Ukraine, the Parliamentary Assemblies of NATO and the OSCE, the Council of Europe, and
the Government and Parliament of the Russian Federation.

P6_TA(2004)0075

Financial Perspective

European Parliament resolution on the financial perspective with a view to the European Council
meeting in December 2004

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the communications from the European Commission (COM(2004)0101 and COM

(2004)0487),

— having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 272 thereof,

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999, and in particular Article 26

thereof (1),

— having regard to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe,

— having regard to its question for oral answer with debate O-0067/2004 (B6-0130/2004) to the Coun-

cil,

— having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas the current financial perspective will remain in force until the end of the year 2006,

B.

C.

whereas the current financial perspective is part of a global interinstitutional agreement which can
only be renewed in a context of mutual confidence between the institutions and on the basis of a
joint agreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority,

whereas Article 272 of the EC Treaty provides for the adoption of annual budgets even in the absence
of a financial perspective,

D. whereas it has set up a temporary committee with a mandate to define its political priorities for the

future financial perspective both in legislative and budgetary terms,

1.

2.

Confirms its objective of having a ‘multiannual financial framework for the period after 2006’;

Recalls that the EU Treaty does not lay down any legal obligation to adopt a financial perspective;

Recalls that an agreement between Parliament and the Council is necessary in order to have a financial

3.
perspective beyond 2006, as the two institutions are placed on an equal footing;

(1) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

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Stresses that Parliament is not ready to agree on a new financial perspective without a guarantee on

4.
the financing of:

— policies enabling greater EU integration and cohesion,

— Parliament's priorities,

— a flexible margin for unforeseen events or needs;

Calls on the European Council to instruct the forthcoming Presidencies to continue the interinstitu-
5.
tional dialogue through regular consultations with Parliament, with a view to ensuring that a successful
conclusion is reached on this matter, preferably under the Luxembourgish Presidency;

Insists that the timetable for decision-making procedures should be such as to avoid any breaks in the
6.
multiannual programmes and the rate of commitment and payment of appropriations, such as those that
occurred at the beginning of the current financial perspective period;

Demands that monthly trialogues be organised to ensure an effective exchange of information on the
7.
ongoing internal discussions leading to the respective common positions, including, in due course, on the
issue of own resources;

8.

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

P6_TA(2004)0076

World AIDS Day

The European Parliament,

European Parliament resolution on World AIDS Day

— having regard to World AIDS Day on 1 December 2004 and its theme: Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS,

— having regard to the Commission Working Paper on a coordinated and integrated approach to combat

HIV/AIDS within the European Union and in its neighbourhood,

— having regard to the Dublin Declaration of 24 February 2004 on Partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in

Europe and Central Asia,

— having regard to the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS of 27 June 2001 and the on-going

UNAIDS programme,

— having regard to the goal of beginning to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015 set in the Millen-

nium Declaration signed by Heads of State and Government on 8 September 2000,

— having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS rose in 2004 in every region to reach an
estimated level of 40 million; whereas there are ever increasing infection rates among women world-
wide,

B.

whereas, in 1997, 41 % of HIV-positive people were women and girls, but today around half of all
people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are women and girls, and in sub-Saharan Africa the figure is
57 %; whereas so far there are 40 million people infected with HIV and approximately 90 % of them
are from developing countries,