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Den forværrede situation i Yemen og Syrien samt status for reformerne i den arabiske verden og i nordafrika vil være de centrale spørgsmål i en debat mellem MEPerne og EUs Høje Repræsentant for Udenrigsanliggender, Catherine Ashton, onsdag.
The worsening situation in Yemen and Syria and the state of play of other reforms in the Arab world and north Africa will be the key topic for debate with EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Catherine Ashton on Wednesday.
Torsdag stemmer MEPerne om tre resolutioner.
Three resolutions will be put to the vote on Thursday.
Ashton forventes også at briefe MEPerne om situationen i Nagorno-Karabakh.
Lady Ashton is also expected to brief MEPs on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Parlamentet stemmer tirsdag om et forslag om at sende 88, 5 millioner euro fra dette års budget tilbage til Danmark.
Strict safeguards for body scanning at airports
Pengene er blevet tilovers fra regnskabsåret 2010.
Women and business: call for quotas
Af det samlede beløb er 2,72 milliarder penge, der ikke er blevet udbetalt under diverse programmer i 2010.
An EU agency for the Schengen area
Mere Europa skal styrke os mod fremtidige kriser
Danish workers to get EU unemployment aid
Det forstærkede samarbejde ville samtidig kunne give en hårdt tiltrængt saltvandsindsprøjtning til den europæiske konkurrenceevne, siger rapporten.
Solidarity aid to Slovenia, Czech Republic and Croatia
Parlamentets ligestillingsudvalg opfordrer til kvoter for kvinder i ledende stillinger
Dial 112 throughout Europe for police, ambulance and fire brigade
En række andre emner vil også blive behandlet på næste uges dagsorden i Strasbourg.
Europe's energy infrastructure in need of an upgrade
For yderligere oplysninger, se den engelsksprogede udgave af Nyhedsbrevet LÆS HELE NYHEDSBREVET
The future of social services in Europe Plenary in photos on Flickr EuroparlTV
MEP´ere går til kamp mod finansiel spekulation
MEPs home in on financial speculators
Ved hjælp af taktikker som short selling kan investorerne drage fordel af faldende markeder, men sådanne praksisser er særdeles risikable og var en af ​​de vigtigste årsager til den nuværende finansielle krise.
By short selling and using financial instruments like derivatives, investors can profit from falling markets, but these practices facilitate excessive risk taking, one of the main causes of the current crisis.
Medlemmerne af Parlamentets Udvalg for Økonomi og Valuta ønsker at stramme de nuværende regler.
That is why MEPs want to rein them in.
Almindelige investorer kan dog købe CDS uden at eje obligationerne, som de forsikrer sig mod.
If an owner of company or government bonds is concerned about default, they can buy CDS through which they will be reimbursed in the event of a default.
Det vil sige, at investorer kan indgå "et væddemål" mod en anden i markedet omkring sandsynligheden for konkurser.
If there is no default the investor simply loses the cost of the CDS.
Hvorfor Parlamentet ønsker at forbyde "naked short selling" og "naked CDS"
Why the Parliament wants to ban naked short selling, naked CDS
"Naked short selling" vil sige, at man sælger aktier, som man ikke selv ejer.
Naked short selling is the sale of shares you don't actually own.
Canfin understreger i sin betænkning vigtigheden af passende kontrol med udækket short selling og kræver, at markedsdeltagerne enten erhverver værdipapirer inden udgangen af handelsdagen eller dækker deres korte positioner.
The Canfin report would allow such transactions only in cases where the short seller is able to reliably demonstrate by the end of the trading day that they can come up with the shares.
Investorer køber undertiden credit default swaps (CDS), selv om de ikke ejer de bagvedliggende obligationer.
Investors sometimes buy CDS even if they don't own the underlying bonds.
Det betyder, at de bliver betalt, hvis en regering går statsbankerot, selvom de ikke ejer regeringens obligationer.
That means they get paid, if a government defaults, even if they don't own the government bonds.
Dette er blevet sammenlignet med at tegne en forsikring på din nabos hus og så håbe på, at det brænder ned, så du kan indløse forsikringen.
This has been likened to taking out insurance on your neighbour's house and then hoping it burns down so you can collect the insurance.
MEP'erne mener, at denne praksis destabiliserer markederne og ønsker at forbyde den, når det kommer til EU-landes statsobligationer.
MEPs think this destabilizes the markets and want to ban the practice for EU member state bonds.
Over the counter (OTC)-derivater
Over the counter (OTC) derivatives to be forced on central clearing
Derivater har fået en stor del af skylden for forværringen af den finansielle krise.
Derivatives can be thought of as contracts between two counterparties: when prices move, one of them has to pay the other, depending on which of the counterparties placed the right bet.
Men som den tyske ordfører Werner Langen (EPP) påpeger, har derivater også medvirket til at mindske en overflod af risici for både finansielle og ikke-finansielle virksomheder.
Usually these contracts are entered into over-the-counter (OTC): counterparties agree between themselves how to structure the derivative.
I sin betænkning understreger han, at gennemsigtighed er nøglen til et mere stabilt derivatmarked.
There is very little transparency.
MEP´erne opfordrer til en væsentlig reduktion af spekulative derivater og kræver, at så mange derivater som muligt bliver godkendt centralt for at nedbringe risikoen.
If things go wrong, nobody knows exactly how much risk there is in the system, which can lead to panic and instability that can seriously damage the functioning of financial system.
Inden udgangen af 2012 skal alle standardiserede over-the-counter - (OTC-) derivatkontrakter cleares gennem centrale modparter (CCP).
The Langen report calls for OTC derivatives be cleared centrally via central clearing parties, CCPs - financial institutions that step in between the counterparties and make sure derivatives contracts are settled.
Ifølge MEP´erne skal derivattransaktioner i fremtiden indberettes til "handelsdepoter" (dvs. data warehouses).
Data about the trades would be communicated to trade repositories so that regulators can gauge the amount of risk in derivatives market and react accordingly.
Det gælder både for de finansielle og ikke-finansielle virksomheder.
Negotiations on these issues are still going on with member states.
Betænkning om short selling Betænkning om OTC-derivater Pressemeddelelse om udvalgsafstemning om derivater (EN) Short selling og credit default swaps (CDS) kan destabilisere markederne Finanskrisens grundlæggende begreber
Report on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories Report on short selling and CDS Derivatives regulation vote Financial crisis glossary
Medlemsstater får mulighed for at begrænse eller forbyde dyrkning af gmo´er
GMOs - more power to member states
MEP´erne vil tirsdag stemme om et forslag om at tillade medlemsstaterne at forbyde eller begrænse dyrkning af GMO'er.
EuroparlTV MEPs voted Tuesday on a proposal to allow EU countries to ban or restrict the use of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) on environmental grounds, giving them better legal protection in the event of challenges from trading partners opposed to a ban.
Bliver forslaget vedtaget, vil det kunne give et stærkere retsgrundlag for beslutninger om forbud i relation til internationale handelsregler.
"Our proposal offers states a solid, legal basis," said French Liberal Corinne Lepage, Parliament's draftswoman for the rules.
Miljøudvalget kræver, at medlemsstaterne skal have ret til at begrænse eller forbyde dyrkning af gmo´er med henvisning til behovet for miljøbeskyttelse.
Member states will be able to restrict or ban GMO cultivation on agro-environmental grounds, for example pesticide resistance, the invasiveness of certain crops and a threat to biodiversity.
Direktivet ventes at give de medlemsstater, der benytter sig af de nye forbudsregler, større retssikkerhed i forhold til eventuelle anklager fra WTO.
This was not supported by the European Commission, which wanted to allow the ban only on socio-economic, ethical and moral grounds.
De nye regler vil ikke ændre godkendelsesproceduren, der stadig vil blive udført på europæisk niveau.
Member states will not be able to ban them on health grounds.
"Betænkningen har til formål at give større frihed til medlemsstaterne.
This is already part of the current EU authorisation process.
Udkastet er afbalanceret, og det afspejler de forskellige parters ønsker og bekymringer", fortæller Corinne Lepage (ALDE).
MEPs expect the inclusion of a ban specifically on environmental grounds to give member states better legal protection in the event of challenges to the GMO ban via the World Trade Organisation.
Hun tilføjer, at afstemningen i Miljøudvalget er "et klart signal" fra Parlamentet til Rådet og Kommissionen om, at EU´s -godkendelsessystem bør bevares, samtidig med, at medlemsstaterne gives mulighed for at begrænse eller forbyde dyrkning af gmo´er.
The changes won't alter the safety approval procedure for GM crops, which is carried out by the European Commission on the basis of an independent risk assessment from the European Food Safety Authority.
GMO'er er godkendt til forbrug i EU: bomuld, majs, bakteriel protein, gærstammer, raps, kartofler, sojabønner, sukkerroer.
GMOs authorised for consumption in EU: cotton, maize, bacterial protein, yeast strains, oilseed rape, potato, soybean, sugar beet
61 % af europæerne er foruroliget over gmo-fødevarer
GMOs authorised for cultivation: 1 variety each of potato, maize
Pressemeddelelse (EN) Betænkning Kommissionens side om GMO´er
Press release Commission page on GMOs - food safety (Lepage)
Sociale tjenesteydelser af almen interesse
Social services of general interest: the name says it all
Sociale ydelser af almen interesse (SSGI) er til gavn for samfundet som helhed SERVICE OF GENERAL INTEREST ©BELGA/SCIENCE Sociale tjenesteydelser af almen interesse er den slags serviceydelser, som vi forbinder med den moderne velfærdsstat.
Upgrade of regulatory framework ©BELGA/SCIENCE Social services of general interest are the kind of services to citizens we think of when speaking of the modern welfare state.
Ifølge en betænkning udarbejdet af den irske socialdemokrat Proinsias De Rossa tegner disse tjenesteydelser sig for op til 26 % af EU´s BNP og beskæftiger omkring 64 millioner mennesker.
According to the report prepared by Irish Socialist Proinsias De Rossa these services account for up to 26% of EU GDP and employ around 64 million.
Den økonomiske krise har haft "enorme økonomiske og sociale omkostninger", hvilket har lagt et "enormt pres på finansieringen af sociale ydelser af almen interesse", selvom adgang til disse tjenester er "borgernes ret", hedder det i betænkningen.
The crisis has had "enormous economic and social costs", including "the socialisation of private bank debt", which has put "enormous strain on funding of SSGI" at a time of generalised fiscal consolidation, according to the report.
MEP´erne foreslår at opdatere den retlige ramme for bedre at kunne differentiere socialydelser af almen interesse fra andre tjenesteydelser og i forlængelse heraf forbedre finansieringen.
However, "access to high quality SSGI is a citizen's right".
De understreger nødvendigheden af at skelne mellem økonomiske og ikke-økonomiske tjenesteydelser af almen interesse og konsolidere og præcisere de overordnede principper og fælles betingelser for vellykket drift af sådanne tjenester.
The report proposes updating the legal framework to better differentiate SSGI from other services of general interest and improve funding, especially given the restrictions imposed by state aid and procurement rules in the internal market.
Taskforcens mandat skal være at finde frem til en bred konsensus om de politiske og juridiske justeringer, der er nødvendige for at fastlægge standarder af høj kvalitet og kan garantere, at "sociale ydelser af almen interesse til fulde spiller deres sociale og økonomiske rolle i det europæiske samfund".
It proposes the setting up of an EU-wide working group or "High Level Multi-Stakeholder Taskforce " co-chaired by the EP and Commission and including the Council, social partners and other interested parties, to develop and implement measures to safeguard these services.
Parlamentet vil som helhed tage stilling til beslutningsforslaget tirsdag den 5. juni.
The non legislative resolution was adopted in plenary on Tuesday 5 July.
Betænkning Kommissionen: Socialydelser af almen interesse Proinsias de Rossa
Report Commission on SSGI Proinsias de Rossa
Åbning af samlingen: Det polske formandskab, valg i Marokko og demonstrationer i Hviderusland
Opening of session: Polish presidency, Moroccan poll, Belarus demonstrations
Mødesalen i Strasbourg 5. juli 2011 Polens overtagelse af EU-formandskabet fra 1.juli blev hilst velkommen af Europa-Parlamentets formand Jerzy Buzek ved åbningen af denne uges Strasbourgsamling.
Buzek calls for release of protestors in Belarus The start of Poland's six-month presidency of the European Union on 1 July was welcomed by Parliament's President Jerzy Buzek at the opening of this week's Strasbourg plenary session.
Buzek kom også ind på det nyligt overståede valg i Marokko og demonstrationerne i Hviderusland, hvor flere hundrede demonstranter i går blev arresteret.
Mr Buzek also commented on the recent referendum in Morocco, the demonstrations in Belarus during which some protesters were arrested and the deaths of two prominent MEPs.
Sidste fredag overtog Polen for første gang formandskabet for EU.
Last Friday in Warsaw, the first-ever Polish presidency of the European Union was launched.
Den polske premierminister Donald Tusk fremlægger formandskabets program for de kommende 6 måneder i plenarsalen onsdag morgen.
The prime minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, will present his government's programme for the coming six months to MEPs on Wednesday morning.
"Vi forventer, at dette formandskab vil være lige så venligt over for Europa-Parlamentet, som det ungarske var", sagde Buzek.
"We expect this presidency to be as friendly towards the European Parliament as the Hungarian presidency was", said Mr Buzek.
Buzek talte derefter om begivenhederne i EUs nabolande og om valget i Marokko.
Turning to events in the EU's neighbouring countries, Mr Buzek spoke first of the referendum in Morocco.
"Marokkos borgere har accepteret konstitutionelle forandringer", sagde han, "men reformerne må gå videre for at leve op til folkets forventninger".
"The citizens of Morocco have accepted constitutional change", he said, "but the reforms need to go further to meet the aspirations of the people".
I Hviderusland "blev hundredvis af mennesker i går arresteret og vil blive stillet for retten i dag" fortsatte formanden og tilføjede, at "Europa-Parlamentet støtter dem og opfordrer til deres øjeblikkelige og betingelsesløse frigivelse".
In Belarus, "hundreds of people were arrested yesterday and will be put on trial today", said the President, adding "the European Parliament supports them and calls for them to be released immediately and unconditionally".
Hyldest til Otto von Habsburg og Jan Kulakowski
Tributes to Otto von Habsburg and Jan Kułakowski
Formanden hyldede to fremtrædende medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentet, der for nylig er afgået ved døden: Otto von Habsburg og Jan Kulakowski.
The President then paid tribute to two eminent Members of the European Parliament who had died recently, Otto von Habsburg and Jan Kułakowski.
Otto von Habsburg var "en af de første forkæmpere for den europæiske integration", formand for den Internationale Paneuropæiske Union, medlem af EPP, the European People's Party i to årtier og "en stor fortaler for udvidelsen af EU med Central- og Østeuropa", sagde Buzek.
Otto von Habsburg was "one of the first champions of European integration", a president of the International Paneuropean Union, for two decades a member of the European People's Party and "a great advocate of enlargement of the European Union to central and eastern Europe", said Mr Buzek.
Jan Kulakowski, som døde den 21. juni, immigrerede til Belgien under det polske kommunistiske styre, arbejdede for forskellige fagforeninger, var en af de vigtigste arkitekter bag Polens tiltrædelse til EU og medlem af ALDE-gruppen i Europa-Parlamentet.
Jan Kułakowski, who passed away on 21 June, was an émigré in Belgium during the period of the Polish communist regime, worked for various trade union bodies, was one of the principal architects of Poland's accession to the European Union and became a member of the ALDE group in the European Parliament.
"Jan Kulakowski har i høj grad bidraget til, at Polen nu har overtaget formandskabet for EU", sagde Buzek.
"Jan Kułakowski contributed greatly to the fact that Poland has taken on the presidency of the European Union today", said Mr Buzek.
De forsamlede MEPer holdt et minuts stilhed i respekt for de to afdøde tidligere medlemmer.
The House observed a minute's silence in respect to these two former Members.
Andre bekendtgørelser
Other announcements
Tirsdag skal forsamlingen vælge to nye næstformænd for Europa-Parlamentet til erstatning for Silvana Koch-Mehrin (ALDE, DE) og Stavros Lambrinidis (S&D, EL).
On Tuesday the House will elect two new vice-presidents of the European Parliament, to replace Silvana Koch-Mehrin (ALDE, DE) and Stavros Lambrinidis (S&D, EL).
Den portugisiske MEP Rui Tavares har forladt GUE-gruppen og har sluttet til til De Grønne.
Portuguese MEP Rui Tavares has left the GUE/NGL group to join the Greens/EFA.
Den franske MEP Dominique Baudis har overtaget Franck Prousts plads i EPP-gruppen.
French MEP Dominique Baudis has been replaced by Franck Proust for the EPP group.
Danmark får 88,5 millioner euro retur fra EU-budgettet 2010
Member States to pay €4.54 billion less into EU budget
©BELGA/SCIENCE Parlamentet stemte tirsdag for at sænke Danmarks bidrag til dette års EU-budget med 88,5 millioner euro.
Surplus in the 2010 budget ©BELGA/SCIENCE EU Member States' contributions to this year's budget will be cut by a total of €4.54 billion, following a vote by the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Heraf er 2,72 milliarder euro penge, der er blevet til overs fra programmer, der blev gennemført i 2010.
Of the total, €2.72 billion consists of money not spent on EU programmes in 2010.
Resten kommer fra bøder, renter på for sene betalinger og overskud skabt af forskelle i vekselkurser.
The rest comes from fines, interest on late payments and surpluses due to exchange rate differences.
625 stemte for, 14 imod og 29 hverken for eller imod.
The result of today's vote was 625 in favour, 14 against and 29 abstentions.
De nøjagtige beløb, som hver medlemsstat vil kunne fratrække sit bidrag til 2011-budgettet, er angivet i nedenstående tabel.
For an overview of the exact sum that each Member State may deduct from its contribution for 2011, please see table below.
Draft amending budget
Draft amending budget
Parlamentet vedtager sin holdning til ny lovgivning om derivater, short selling og investorkompensationer
Parliament decides stance on derivatives, short selling, investor compensation
Eftersom der forventes at være meget store forskelle mellem Europa-Parlamentets og medlemslandenes holdninger til direktivet om investorgarantiordninger, når først medlemslandene har vedtaget sin position, besluttede MEPerne at lukke 1. behandlingen for denne tekst.
With very significant differences expected between the position of the EP and, once adopted, that of Member States for the directive on investor compensation schemes, MEPs chose to close the first reading procedure today.
For de to tekster om derivater og short selling havde afstemningen primært til formål at tydeliggøre det betydelige flertal bag Europa-Parlamentets position, og dermed styrke Parlamentets forhandlerteam i de igangværende forhandlinger med medlemsstaterne.
In the case of the two texts on derivatives and short selling, however, the plenary vote was only used to collect significant majorities which should strengthen the hand of MEP negotiators in their ongoing talks with Member States.
Parlamentet og medlemsstaterne deler lovgivningsmagten på de tre berørte områder.
The report on investor compensation schemes was adopted by 566 votes to 17 with 88 abstentions.
Hurtigere udbetaling af kompensationsordninger og "dårlig rådgivning" som årsag til erstatning
The reports on derivatives and short selling were both adopted by a show of hands and the respective final votes were postponed.
Rapporten om kompensationsordninger, udarbejdet af Olle Schmidt (ALDE, SV), vil sikre private investorer bedre beskyttelse mod svigagtige investeringsselskaber eller investeringsselskaber, der ikke lever op til eller som misligholder deres aftaler.
For all three texts, the EP shares co-decision powers with Member States.
Først og fremmest vil "dårlig rådgivning" kunne gives som årsag til at kræve erstatning.
Compensation schemes capitalised faster and "bad advice" also grounds for a claim
Samtidig hæves loftet for kompensationsgaranti til 100.000 euro (dobbelt så meget som oprindeligt foreslået af Kommissionen).
On the compensation schemes legislation, Parliament voted to add protection to private investors against fraudulent and defaulting investment firms, particularly by adding "bad advice" as a case for claiming compensation.
Ifølge Parlamentets ændringsforslag vil de nye regler også halvere fristen for, hvor længe man fuldt ud kan udnytte de nationale kompensationsordninger (5 år i stedet for 10), samt gøre det muligt for lokale myndigheder, ngo'er og privatpersoner at indgive erstatningskrav.
The rules would also halve the time allowed for fully capitalising national compensation schemes (5 years instead of 10) and enable local authorities and NGOs, as well as private individuals, to file compensation claims.
Den vedtagne tekst kræver også mere EU-harmonisering for udformningen af kompensationsordningerne og pålægger de investeringsselskaber, der løber de største risici, at yde større finansielle bidrag.
The adopted text also imposes more EU-level harmonisation for the design of the schemes and imposes larger financial contributions on investment firms taking the biggest risks.
MEP'erne fulgte imidlertid ikke Økonomiudvalgets forslag om at øge den garanterede kompensation for investorer til 100.000 euro.
However, MEPs did not follow the Economic Affairs Committee's suggestion of increasing the guaranteed minimum compensation to €100,000.
Olle Schmidt: " Jeg tror på det frie marked og på retten til at vælge.
"I believe in the free market and the right to choose.
Men der må også være en ret til beskyttelse.
But there must also be the right to protection.
Den almindelige manden-på-gaden-investor skal kunne vide sig sikker".
The ordinary man-in-the-street investor needs to know he is protected", rapporteur Olle Schmidt (ALDE, SV) told the House.
Der skal slås hårdt ned på naked short selling og credit default swaps
Clamping down on naked short selling and credit default swap trading
Den vedtagne tekst om short selling, udarbejdet af Pascal Canfin (De Grønne, FR), indeholder to større nyskabelser.
The report on short selling contains two major innovations.
Først og fremmest kræver den, at erhvervsdrivende skal afvikle deres udækkede short selling positioner ved afslutningen på hver børsdag.
Firstly, it requires traders to settle their uncovered short positions by the end of each trading day.
Desuden skal køb af credit default swap kontrakter begrænses til dem, der ejer relaterede statsobligationer eller indsatser, som afhænger af disse obligationer (fx er der en nær forbindelse mellem græske bankobligationer og græske statsobligationer).
Secondly, it restricts purchases of credit default swap (CDS) contracts to owners of related government bonds or stakes whose performance is dependent on these bonds: for example, Greek bank bonds have a strong correlation to Greek sovereign bonds.
Pascal Canfin: " Situationen i Grækenland viser os hvor vigtigt og nødvendigt det er at lovgive på dette område.
The Greek situation shows us how urgent and necessary legislation in this field is.