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I mange lande kædes fredag den 13. sammen med uheld.
Today is Friday the 13th, a day and date synonymous with superstition and bad luck throughout the ages.
Nogle historikere mener, at fænomenet "Sort fredag" stammer fra pågribelsen af hundredvis af tempelriddere den 13. oktober 1307, der faktisk var en fredag.
Historians believe "Black Friday" dates from 1307 when hundreds of Templar Knights were arrested on Friday 13 October.
Vi har spurgt MEP'er fra forskellige lande og politiske grupper i Europa-Parlamentet (EP) om deres eventuelle overtro, og om de overtroiske ritualer, de udfører før et valg, en vigtig afstemning eller en tale.
Sajjad Karim, a British Liberal has seat 666 in this plenary session: “I actually had not even realised that I sit at 666!
Størsteparten af de MEP'er vi talte med, var ikke udpræget overtroiske, men mange af dem havde alligevel deres små ritualer særligt i forbindelse med tallet 13.
This number has absolutely no significance for me at all!
Nogle overtroiske udpluk
I am completely unsuperstitious in every way.
Den britiske MEP Neil Parish fra den konservative/kristendemokratiske gruppe (PPE-DE), undgår så vidt muligt at rejse fredag den 13. og han går aldrig ind i en bygning med en opslået paraply.
I do have a very firm belief in God and do not practise anything other than direct prayer without using any particular instrument to assist in this.
Den tyske grønne Helga Trüpel fortalte: "Under valgene til EP, der fandt sted den 13. juni 2004, var jeg nummer 13 på den tyske grønne liste.
And that’s as far as it goes!"
Selvom tallet 13 er forbundet med ulykke i Tyskland, bragte det mig held i den situation".
Italian Socialist Giovanni Pittella is firmly convinced that 13 is bad luck, "It brings misfortune, that's for sure".
Giovanni Pittella, italiensk MEP fra den socialdemokratiske gruppe PSE, fortalte, at han bestemt har problemer med tallet 13: "det bringer ulykke, det er helt sikkert.
When I see nr 13 I get shivering...in the Parliament, i.e., when I get into the elevator and I press my floor nr.
Når jeg ser tallet 13 får jeg kuldegysninger...for eksempel i EP, hvis jeg går ind i elevatoren og jeg trykker på min etage nummer 15 og en anden trykker på nummer 13, er jeg nødt til at stå af, før vi når 13. etage".
15, if somebody else presses nr 13, I have to get straight out, before the 13th floor."
Den græske MEP, Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE-DE) går aldrig med dyre ure, da "det bringer uheld".
And he added: "I always carry a small red horn...just in case"
En anden italiener, Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) er ikke overtroisk generelt, men han sagde alligevel, at han tager det sæt tøj på, der før har bragt ham held, hvilket især har været aktuelt i forbindelse med hans maratonløb.
British Conservative Neil Parish tries not to tempt fate by being too sure about the future: ”we will do this all being well” is a saying he learned from his mother.
..og nogle mindre overtroiske
And it is better to touch wood to avoid certain things.
Danskeren Karin Riiis Jørgensen fra den liberale ALDE-gruppe sagde: "Jeg er egentlig ikke overtroisk, men jeg har altid den samme perlekæde på, da den giver mig tryghed, held og succes".
In his office you can find a couple of toy cows - they remind him of his roots as a farmer, “keep his feet on the ground” and bring good luck.
"Arbejdsbyrden kræver koncentration.
“In the European elections list of the German greens I was number 13 and the elections took place on 13.06.04.
Jeg har ikke haft tid til at tænke på den slags ting", var hans kølige kommentar.
Though number 13 is considered unlucky in Germany in this case it brought luck to me".
Heller ikke den lettiske MEP Roberts Zīle fra gruppen Nationernes Europa (UEN) gav udtryk for overtro: "Jeg er ikke overtroisk.
Roberts Zīle, a Latvian member of the Union for Europe of the Nations said, “I am not superstitious.
Så vidt jeg ved er lettisk politik kun påvirket af ét fænomen, fuldmåne, men da den er uundgåelig, ville det være tåbeligt at kæmpe imod den".
So far as I know Latvian politics is influenced only by one phenomenon - the full moon - but as it is inevitable, it would be silly to fight against it".
Den britiske MEP Sajjad Karim (ALDE) havde ikke reflekteret over sit sæde nummer 666 i mødesalen: "Nummeret har absolut ingen betydning for mig!
Karin Riis-Jørgensen, a Danish Liberal member said: "I am not superstitious, but I wear always a pearl necklace, it brings me comfort, luck and success!"
Jeg er på alle måder totalt ikke-overtroisk...Så jeg er rimeligt tilfreds med at sidde på nummer 666, 13 eller et hvilket som helst andet nummer".
Konstantinos Hatzidakis, a Greek member of the European People's Party told us that "when I watch a specific Greek TV channel, I carefully avoid switching the TV off, I change channel before...once I did it and the government of my party which was in power at that time collapsed a few hours later..."
I tråd hermed sagde tyskeren Hans-Gert Pöttering (PPE-DE): "Jeg har i mange år siddet på plads nummer 13 i EP og den er hverken bedre eller værre end de øvrige pladser...Jeg er ikke overtroisk.
Hans-Gert Pöttering, the leader of the European People's Party occupies seat 13 in the Parliament but says, " I am not superstitious...for a politician it is rather more important to recognize the right causes for specific effects and the effects of particular events.
Jeg mener, at overtro er en forkert opfattelse af, hvad der er årsag og hvad der er virkning".
Mario Mauro, an Italian member of the European People's Party said "In general I am not superstitious at all, but there is a singular episode I would like to mention.
Pöettering afsluttede med at sige, at "hverken tallet 13, sorte katte eller lignende styrer vores liv, det er kun os selv, der er ansvarlige for virkningerne af vores handlinger".
Not for the event in itself, but because I was sure he was going to perform a love song that still reminds me a similar broken love story of my early days… Thank god Baglioni didn't play it...”
EP-samling den 11.-12. oktober
Brussels Plenary session: Wednesday 11 - Thursday 12 October
EP's samling den 11.-12. oktober var præget af flere store debatter.
The October Brussels plenary session began with a one-hour debate on the recent nuclear tests carried out by North Korea.
Den myrdede russiske journalist Anna Politkovskaya blev hyldet ved åbningen af samlingen.
Prior to the debate MEPs heard from Javier Solana - the EU's foreign policy chief, the European Commission and Council.
Den planlagte debat om det kommende topmøde i Finland blev udvidet til også at handle om EU's relationer med Rusland efter mordet på journalisten.
The debate on preparations for the forthcoming informal meeting of Heads of State and government (on 20 October in Lahti, Finland) was also held.
Atomprøvesprængningen i Nordkorea blev fordømt af alle MEP'erne.
Energy, illegal immigration and innovation policy were discussed.
Endelig var der hed debat om aftalen om udveksling af flypassager-info, som Rådet og Kommissionen indgik med USA i sidste uge.
Also debated was the recent agreement between the EU and the US about the transfer of passenger data.
Europa-Parlamentet mødtes til en samling i Bruxelles den 11.-12. oktober 2006.
This deal marks a temporary solution to the problem - until July next year when it runs out.
I det følgende gennemgår vi den to dage lange samling dag for dag.
MEPs also considered the "anti-dumping" measures that the European Union recently deployed against cheap imports of shoes from Vietnam and China.
Alle hovedemnerne er beskrevet med links til uddybende artikler, hvis du ønsker mere information.
The need for products to be labelled as "animal friendly" was also supported by MEPs, whilst Members voted to postpone membership of the European Patent Litigation Agreement.
MEP'erne fordømte atomprøvesprængningen i Nord Korea.
MEPs unite to condemn North Korean test The recent nuclear test by North Korea has provoked international outrage and fears of a destabilising arms race in the region.
Mens MEP'erne fra den konservative/kristendemokratiske gruppe (PPE-DE) og gruppen for nationernes Europa (UEN) roste aftalen, var hovedtalerne fra de øvrige politiske grupper mere kritiske.
For the political groups the meeting with President Putin and Europe's dependence on Russian oil and gas are key issues.
Delte meninger om straftold på sko fra Kina og Vietnam Endelig var der er en debat i EP om importtold på sko fra Kina og Vietnam.
Leader of the Liberals Graham Watson said Russia was now "tarnished" and Europe should prepare for a future without Russian oil and gas.
I sidste uge blev EU-ministrene enige om at indføre 16,5 procent straftold på lædersko sko fra Kina og 10 procent straftold på sko fra Vietnam for at beskytte det europæiske marked mod prisdumping.
Daniel Cohn-Bendit of the Greens made a reference to the planned dinner at Lahti and said it was nonsense to talk about bringing the perpetrators to justice "as you will be sitting down to dinner with him".
Den spanske MEP Enrique Barón Crespo fra PSE-gruppen var stærkt utilfreds med, at Rådet og handelskommissær Peter Mandelson ikke var tilstede i EP til at besvare MEP'ernes spørgsmål.
Agreement with the US on the transfer of air passenger data Finland's Paula Lehtomäki and Franco Frattini, the EU's commissioner for justice, freedom and security, explained the deal on passenger data reached with the US last week.
Barón Crespo var dog tilfreds med indførelsen af straftold på sko fra Kina og Vietnam, hvilket han mente var udtryk for en "balanceret tilgang" og ikke handlede om "at åbne eller lukke døre", men derimod om at forsvare gensidigt indgåede handelsaftaler.
While the speakers for the European People's Party and the Union for Europe of the Nations group welcomed the agreement and noted some improvements compared to the previous agreement, the main speakers of the other groups raised a number of critical questions as to the interpretation of the agreement, or dismissed outright the transfer of data under the agreement.
Der var dog også kritiske røster, da flere MEP'er på tværs af politiske skel, anklagede straftolden for at være forbrugerfjendtlig.
The Socialist group noted that it was very important to close the legal void but that there were a number of concerns to be addressed in the long-term agreement.
Torsdag under EP-samlingen i Bruxelles: Dyrevelfærd og patenter Dyrevelfærd og patenter var de to hovedemner på EP-samlingens anden dag i Bruxelles.
Animal welfare was the subject of a resolution by MEPs Thursday's plenary saw MEPs approve measures that will widen animal welfare measures in the EU to include non-farm animals and introduce "animal friendly" labelling.
MEP'er opfordrer også medlemsstaterne til at stoppe hunde- og hanekampe.
A part of this is the protection of new ideas and products - so that the inventor can reap the benefits.
Et forslag om at forbyde tyrefægtning blev ikke vedtaget.
While there may be consensus on this, there is still disagreement on how best to protect patents in Europe.
Patentregler: Lette europæiske opfindelser Det skal være lettere for de europæiske opfindere at få patent på deres opfindelser.
Thursday, MEPs approved a resolution postponing EU membership of the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) - a course of action advocated by the European Commission.
Det er alle enige om, men hvordan skal man få patentsystemerne i de forskellige EU-lande til at spille sammen på en måde, der skaber mindst mulige administrative byrder?
Joining the EPLA would lead to the creation of a court with jurisdiction over all patents in the EU.
EU's agentur om grundlæggende rettigheder: Udsættelse EP besluttede at udsætte den endelige afstemning om EU's kommende agentur for grundlæggende rettigheder, der skal placeres i Wien.
EU fundamental rights agency postponed MEPs voted to postpone a final vote on two reports on the EU fundamental rights agency, to be based in Vienna.
Endelig ønsker MEP'erne, at styrke EP's rolle i forhold til det nye agentur.
Postponing the vote will allow the European Commission and Council to consult and reach a compromise.
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Samia Nkrumah: Vinder af prisen "Napoli-Europa-Parlamentet 2006"
Egyptian journalist wins journalism prize for article on immigration
Samia Nkrumah: Vinder af den internationale journalistpris "Napoli-EP-Prisen"
Egyptian journalist Samia Nkrumah
Den egyptiske journalist Samia Nkrumah blev den 17. september tildelt den internationale journalistpris "Napoli-Europa-Parlamentet 2006", der i år blev uddelt for 13. gang.
Last month Egyptian journalist Samia Nkrumah won the 2006 "Napoli-European Parliament" international prize for journalism.
I år var emnet for prisen "Indvandring og venskab imellem befolkninger", og Nkrumah vandt med artiklen "Italiens ændrede ansigt".
This year, the subject chosen was "Immigration and friendship among populations" and Samia Nkrumah's prize winning article was entitled "The changing face of Italy".
Artiklen omhandler indvandringsproblematikker set ud fra forskellige indvandrermiljøer i Italien.
In the article she approaches the problem of immigration of different immigrant communities in Italy.
Tolerance og forståelse af "de andre"
From Ghana to Europe
Artiklen, der blev trykt i det egyptiske blad "Al-Ahram weekly", hævder, at den italienske befolkning er rimeligt positiv og tolerant over for indvandrere, på trods af, at dette ikke afspejler sig i italiensk lovgivning.
Samia Nkrumah, born in 1960 in Accra, capital of Ghana, is the daughter of Kwame Nkrumah, the man who triumphantly led Ghana to independence in 1957 before being deposed in 1966, and of an Egyptian mother of Christian Coptic religion.
Sidstnævnte bidrager i følge Nkrumah, "ikke til en bedre og dybere integration af indvandrerne".
This background has allowed Ms Nkrumah an appreciation of different cultures.
Da Nkrumah fik overrakt prisen, sagde hun: "Jeg tror at juryen har valgt min artikel på grund af ånden i artiklen, på grund af tolerancen og på grund af den evigt aktuelle forskning i forståelsen af andre.
She graduated from London University's School of Oriental and African Studies, where she obtained a Masters on Middle East studies.
Nkrumah mener, at europæerne generelt er positive over for integration af indvandrere, og sagde i den forbindelse, at "Europa-Parlamentet, med dets direkte repræsentation af den europæiske befolkning, er nødt til at lytte til den imødekommende og tolerante folkestemning".
Nowadays, she is the representative of the African movement in Italy, and works with the University of Arkansas and the Rome Study Centre, among others.
Bag om Samia Nkrumah
Articles findings
Samia Nkrumah blev født i den ghanesiske hovedstad Accra i 1960, og hun er datter af den tidligere ghanesiske præsident Kwame Nkrumah og en kristen egyptisk mor.
The article was published by the Egyptian weekly magazine, "Al-Ahram" and says " Italians are generally tolerant of their country's ethnic and religious minorities" even if this is not reflected by the Italian law, which for Ms Nkrumah, "does not contribute to a better and deeper integration of the newcomers."
Nkrumah har studeret Mellemøststudier på London Universitet, hvorfra hun har en Mastergrad.
In second and third place are Moroccans and Albanians at 227,055 and 224,001 respectively.
I dag arbejder hun som repræsentant for den afrikanske bevægelse i Italien.
"I believe that the jury have chosen my article for the spirit that I have written it in, for the tolerance that shows and the never-ending research to understand others.
Europa-Parlamentet og indvandring
The European Parliament and immigration
Fra 2007 og fremover vil prisen yderligere styrke forholdet mellem Napoli-prisfonden og Europa-Parlamentet via et aktivt samarbejde om at fremme fælles idealer.
“The European Parliament has a solid structure (a relatively long term between elections)...compared to the fragility and the discontinuity of the national governments…we have to exploit this advantage in order to have a constructive and successful action.”
Næste års pris-emne er Rom-Traktatens 50-års jubilæum.
The 2007 award will have a special resonance as it will mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome (1957), which founded the European Community.
20061016STO11664 Prisvindende artikel (2006) af Samia Nkrumah:
20061016STO11664 Samia Nkrumah's article MEPs and national MPs debate legal and illegal immigration "Premio Napoli" award system Know more on Africa
Kandidat til Sakharov-Prisen: Alexander Milinkevitj
Belarus opposition leader gets Sakharov nomination
Alexander Milinkevitj: en af kandidaterne til Sakharov-Prisen 2006
Alexander Milinkevich meets MEPs, Jan 2006
Den hviderussiske oppositionsleder Alexander Milinkevitj er én af tre kandidater til at modtage Europa-Parlamentets Sakharovpris for tankefrihed 2006, der bliver overrakt i Strasbourg i december.
Alexander Milinkevich, 59 year old physicist and leader of Belarus's political opposition has been shortlisted as one of 3 finalists for the European Parliament's 2006 Sakharov prize for freedom of thought.
Milinkevitj leder en fredelig modstand, han støtter det civile samfund i Hviderusland (som også kaldes Belarus) og kæmper for respekt for menneskerettigheder, demokrati og retsstatsprincippet.
The others are those who campaign for freedom of hostages in Colombia and Ghassan Tueni, who represents assassinated figures in Lebanon.
Det officielle resultat gav Milinkevitj 6 % af stemmerne, mod 83 % til den siddende præsident Alexander Lukasjenko, der har siddet ved magten siden 1994.
In March Mr Milinkevich stood in Presidential elections against Alexander Lukashenko - the results of which were condemned by the EU and the US.
I april 2006 sad Milinkevitj fængslet i 15 dage for at have deltaget i et "ulovligt møde".
Mr Milinkevich was later jailed for 15 days protesting the result.
Internationale menneskerettigheds- og medieorganisationer har stærkt kritiseret, at grundlæggende rettigheder som ytrings-, forenings- og forsamlingsfrihed ikke respekteres.
After the election Parliament's President Josep Borrell said that persistent violations of the fundamental rights of the Belarusian people would not be without consequences.
Protester i forbindelse med præsidentvalget i 2006 blev bragt til tavshed af regeringen, og fredelige demonstranter og politiske modstandere blev stoppet.
Following the elections, Mr Lukashenko and several leading ministers were banned from entering the EU.
En valgobservatør-delegation fra Europa-Parlamentet blev nægtet indrejse i landet.
Belarusian journalist honoured
Ifølge OSCE (Organisationen for sikkerhed og samarbejde i Europa) levede valget ikke op til demokratiske standarder, og var ikke frit og retfærdigt.
In February this year Alexander Milinkevich came to meet MEPs and ask for their support - although he stressed that it was up to the Belarus people to change things themselves.
Europa-Parlamentet efterlyste i en beslutning et "nyt, demokratisk valg snarest muligt" og " sanktioner, der vil ramme undertrykkerne hårdt uden samtidig at forvolde Belarus' borgere yderligere lidelser".
In September 2005 a resolution by the Parliament condemned the Belarus government for the closure in recent years of "several political parties, 22 newspapers and more than 50 pro-democracy NGOs...for criticising the President and his policies".
I 2004 gav Europa-Parlamentet Sakharov-Prisen til det belarussiske journalistforbund, som en anerkendelse af de vanskelige arbejdsvilkår, forbundet har været underlagt.
Political career: deputy mayor of Hrodna 1990-1996 responsible for education, culture, health care, youth, sports, mass media, religion, international contacts, and historical preservation.
Nominerede til Sakharov-Prisen 2006
2006: Presidential candidate against President Lukashenko.
Der er yderligere to nominerede til Sakharov-Prisen 2006.
There are two other finalists for the 2006 Sakharov prize.
Den 24. oktober vil vi præsentere Ghassan Tueni - libanesisk journalist og diplomat.
The winner will be announced in October and the award made in December's Plenary Session.
Læs mere om Sakharov-Prisen, Alexander Milinkevitj og Hviderusland via nedenstående links.
20061016STO11687 Sakharov Focus Belarus election Milinkevich meets MEPs
Forbrugerorganisationer: EU-tilgang påkrævet
EU consumer organisations: "one voice" vital
Forbrugerorganisationer: EU-tilgang påkrævet
Consumer organisations: Hand in hand for a united approach?
Er det muligt at indføre én EU-model for forbrugerbeskyttelse i et europæisk indre marked?
Is a single model of consumer protection feasible in an EU market of 450 million people?
Forbrugerorganisationer findes i hele Europa, men deres rolle og udfordringer er meget forskellige.
In an age where goods and services flow across borders and can be traded worldwide on the internet, is the old national model of consumer protection still valid?
I sidste uge blev der - i Europa-Parlamentet (EP) - afholdt en offentlig høring om de europæiske forbrugerorganisationer.
Last week a public hearing in Parliament discussed consumer organisations across Europe and how to develop a common approach.
Formålet var, at forsøge at finde en fælles europæisk tilgang til området, og diskutere forskellene mellem de europæiske forbrugerorganisationer.
25 states of protection?
Der findes forbrugerorganisationer i alle europæiske lande, men traditioner og udfordringer for disse varierer.
Consumer organisations exist in all European countries.
Et Europa med fri bevægelighed for penge, varer og services nødvendiggør et samarbejde mellem forbrugerorganisationer i Europa.
But their traditions, roles and challenges differ a lot.
Høringen havde deltagelse af repræsentanter fra forskellige forbrugerorganisationer og eksperter på området.
According to Karel Pavlik, a Czech consumer expert, there is a wide gap between older EU members and the ones who joined in 2004.
I følge én af talerne, Karel Pavlík (fra den tjekkiske sammenslutning for forbrugerbeskyttelse), er der stor forskel på forbrugerbeskyttelse i EU's "gamle" og "nye" medlemsstater.
He noted that in countries "based on long-term democratic developments" consumer protection is high and well established (some going back 50 years), whereas the states that became independent after the fall of the Berlin Wall lack this.
Forbrugere har samme rettigheder over hele Europa (for eksempel inden for sundhed, sikkerhed og økonomiske interesser), men der er stadig mange forbrugere, der ikke er bevidste om deres rettigheder.
Unfortunately, a lot of consumers are unaware of this the hearing was told.
Malgorzata Niepokulczycka (den polske forbrugerorganisation Federacja Konsumentòw) fremhævede, at forbrugerorganisationer i Polen arbejder på at bevidstgøre borgerne om, at "de er hovedaksen i markedsøkonomien" og få dem til at indse "det faktum, at de ikke er alene, men kan få hjælp fra organisationer og institutioner, der har til formål at beskytte deres interesser".
Malgorzata Niepokulczycka, a member of a Polish consumer organisation, said they were trying to make consumers aware of "the fact that they are not alone, they can use help of organisations and institutions aiming to protect their interest".
Hvordan definere, koordinere, finansiere og sikre europæiske minimumsstandarder for forbrugerbeskyttelse?
What should be done?
Én af konklusionerne på høringen var, at det ikke er muligt at finde en enkel og universel definition af, hvad en europæisk forbrugerorganisation er.
The hearing concluded that a single European definition of a consumer organisation was difficult.
Som Pavlík pegede ud, er det kun muligt at nedsætte et fælles minimumskriterium, nemlig at forbrugerorganisationer skal være uafhængige og gennemsigtige, "da vi ikke skal blande os i foreningsfriheden".
However they must always be "independent and transparent".