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Joachim WUERMELING, som talte på vegne af det tyske formandskab, sagde til MEP'erne, at Rådet ville gøre alt for at få forordningen vedtaget så hurtigt som muligt, eller som han senere forklarede, senest offentliggøres den 29 juni.
On the issue of the CFSP budget, MEPs regret that "that the specific article within the CFSP budget chapter devoted to European Union Special Representatives does not avoid the proliferation of envoys of that kind," which the Parliament thinks undermines the role of the Commission's delegations on the ground.
Det mente EU-Kommissær Viviane REDING, ikke var godt nok.
The House therefore pointed to the need to establish criteria for the appointment and evaluation of EU Special Representatives.
Offentliggørelsen (og dermed ikrafttræden af forordningen) "skal ikke ske i slutningen af juni men meget før", mente hun.
This is a disincentive for governments to pledge troops, and could be avoided if such operations were financed directly from the EU's budget, the report argues.
Danske talere under debatten
Improving European Parliament oversight
Karin RIIS-JØRGENSEN (ALDE, DK) havde ordet under debatten onsdag formiddag, og var tilfreds med resultatet.
The House also stresses the need to involve the Parliament more closely in the elaboration and oversight of CFSP goals.
"Der er en vinder i denne kamp, de europæiske forbrugere.
"The Council's practice of merely informing Parliament and submitting a descriptive list of CFSP activities carried out in the previous year, instead of really consulting Parliament at the beginning of each year [...] constitutes a de facto infringement of the very substance of Article 21" of the EU treaties says the report.
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MEP'ere forkaster forslag om ændring af alkoholafgifter
MEPs support bilateral talks, urge action on democracy and human rights in Kashmir
Afgifterne på alkohol varierer meget i de forskellige EU-lande, og det er i særdeleshed et emne, der kan dele MEP'erne.
The own-initiative report by Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne (ALDE, UK), passed by an overwhelming majority in the plenary in Strasbourg.
Onsdag forkastede MEP'erne en betænkning, der ønsker at udskifte minimumsafgifterne med en adfærdskodeks, hvor medlemslandene skal forsøge at nærme sig gennemsnits EU-niveauet.
The report welcomes the increase in the number of visas issued for travel between India and Pakistan, as well as the re-opening of truck and bus services, but adds that it is vital to remove "all obstructions and hindrances for all Kashmiris to travel freely to the entire state."
Forslaget bliver nu sendt tilbage til udvalget.
The report calls on Pakistan to ensure free and fair elections in the AJK, Gilgit and Baltistan.
I forhold til spørgsmål om skatter og afgifter har Parlamentet kun høringsret.
It therefore "reflects many principles of the European Union" and is of great importance to the European Parliament, which is "keenly interested in all aspects of the situation."
Formålet med det var at reducere de konkurrenceforvridninger, der var afledt af de meget forskellige afgiftsniveauer i landene.
Despite these concerns, Mr Elles welcomed the report as "a positive message of shining a light on the problems which are faced on a daily basis by the people of Jammu and Kashmir."
Kommissionen ønsker nu, at disse minimumsniveauer (som blev set som absolutte størrelser ikke som procenter) skal forhøjes i takt med inflationen.
Richard HOWITT (PES UK) began by stating that "our role in relation to Kashmir should be to support peace processes and to uphold international law."
I stedet foreslog MEP'ere en adfærdskodeks, som skulle motivere de medlemslande, der som f.eks. Danmark og Sverige har afgifter, der er over gennemsnittet, til i første omgang at fastfryse afgifterne for derefter at sænke dem.
Sajjad KARIM (ALDE, UK), said that "my group's passion must be self-determination, self-determination, self-determination."
Medlemslande, der har afgifter under gennemsnittet, skulle omvendt opfordres til at forhøje deres punktafgifter for at sikre, at landene rammer et nogenlunde fælles niveau.
The EU must "support the positive ideas now coming forward", Mr Karim said, and stressed that "it is not for us to take any options off the table."
Blandt andet den socialdemokratiske gruppe gik fortsat ind for at bevare minimumsafgifterne, og efter en række modsatrettede afstemninger i salen blev den samlede betænkning forkastet.
The conflict over Kashmir has, she continued, "brought the world nearer to nuclear conflict than anything else since the 1960s", and therefore the issue is "hugely important."
Tyskland er et af de lande hvor afgifterne, ifølge Kommissionen, vil blive sat op, men det vurderes ikke at få den store indvirkning på grænsehandlen, da de danske afgifter stadig vil være tre gange højere end de tyske.
What is needed is the "normalisation of relations at every level, grass roots to political" and the "softening of the border as an interim measure."
Betænkningen vil nu blive sendt tilbage til fornyet behandling i udvalget.
She added that "one of the outcomes I hope will be more democracy and greater democratic structures" and hoped that the report "will lead to improvements on all fronts for the people of Kashmir."
Ordfører: Astrid LULLING PPE-DE LU Procedure: Høringsproceduren (*)
She concluded by saying that "no solution can be achieved without the Kashmir people having the final say themselves."
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Større indsats for at fremme anstændigt arbejde i EU og på verdensplan
Proposal on excise duties on alcohol rejected - issue referred back to committee
For bedre at fremme anstændigt arbejde til alle, opfordrer Europa-Parlamentet medlemslandene og kandidatlandene til at ratificere og implementere alle de relevante konventioner fra ILO (International Labour Organisation).
After a series of close votes on amendments to the Commission's proposal to increase the EU-wide minimum levels of excise duty on alcoholic drinks in line with inflation, Parliament voted to reject the proposal altogether at the final vote - there were 198 votes in favour, 355 against and 39 abstentions.
MEP'erne går også ind for udviklingsprogrammer til anstændigt arbejde, og opfordrer medlemslandene til at overveje minimumslønninger, som værn mod udnyttelse.
Under Parliament's rules, the issue was, therefore, referred back to the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.
I egen-initiativbetænkningen beklager ordføreren Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU (PPE-DE, GR), at mange lande ikke har ratificeret ILO-konventionerne om sundhed og sikkerhed på arbejdspladsen.
The rapporteur - Astrid LULLING (EPP-ED, LU) - had proposed to scrap the minimum levels of duty altogether, while amendments from the Socialist group aimed at increasing the levels of duty by less than the Commission originally proposed, in line with inflation since the 2004 enlargement rather than since the minimum levels were first introduced in 1992.
Ifølge Parlamentets betænkning skal overholdelsen af konventionerne også være en del af EU's naboskabsaftaler.
Parliament's position on the issue - as is normally the case for taxation matters - is consultative.
MEP'erne opfordrer f.eks. til et særligt EU- udviklingsprogram for anstændigt arbejde i samarbejde med ILO.
In such cases, where MEPs vote against a proposal, and the Commission does not immediately withdraw it, the issue is automatically referred back to the relevant committee.
Ifølge Parlamentet skal handelsaftaler med lande, som alvorligt og systematisk overtræder fundamentale sociale rettigheder, blive midlertidigt suspenderet.
Parliament approved the Council common position on Community financial aid in the field of trans-European transport and energy networks, thus winding up the process at second reading.
MEP'erne foreslår også, at ILO skal kunne komme med ekspert -rapporter til verdenshandelsorganisationen WTO i de tilfælde, hvor der er strid om overtrædelsen af internationale konventioner, og hvor ILO's beslutninger skal tages i betragtning.
This regulation adapts existing financial instruments and will allow for a higher Community co-financing rate, especially for projects which are of a cross-border nature, have a transit function or cross natural barriers.
Desuden skal overholdelse af internationale arbejdsstandarder være en del af forhandlingerne i forhold til optagelsen af nye lande i WTO.
It should lead to a better use of the existing networks, the removal of bottlenecks and the completion of missing links, thus increasing efficiency and competitiveness, reducing saturation points and enhancing the long-term viability of such networks.
Ole CHRISTENSEN, (PSE, DK) tog ordet under debatten onsdag formiddag.
Key points of the compromise agreed between EP and Council, including successes for Parliament, include the following:
Mange forbrugere er villige til at betale mere for deres varer, hvis der er sikkerhed for, at de er produceret under anstændige forhold," sagde han.
- Delayed projects can now be cancelled after four years instead of the two years Council wanted.
Ole Christensen gik også ind for et særligt EU-produktmærke, som dog ikke fik forsamlingens opbakning under afstemningen.
The European Investment Bank will, in addition to the public-private partnership system, offer new instruments in the form of loan guarantees for a maximum of €500m until 2013.
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Landbrugsordningerne skal forenkles
MEPs call for "significant legislative progress" in the fight against organised crime
I betænkningen af Niels Busk, som torsdag blev vedtaget med 468 for, 14 imod og 64, der undlod, var MEP'erne enige om, at den nye forordning skal give Kommissionen ansvaret for nogle af de meget tekniske reguleringer (nu ligger reguleringskompetencen i Rådet).
The author of the report, Bill NEWTON DUNN (ALDE, UK), says that changes need to be made in areas such as "the obtaining of evidence and its admissibility, or financial information for the purpose of identifying and then neutralising the proceeds of crime."
"For så vidt der udelukkende er tale om bestemmelser af rent teknisk karakter, da finder jeg, at det er meget hensigtsmæssigt, at det overdrages som en reguleringskompetence til Kommissionen, der så kan træffe nogle meget hurtige og effektive beslutninger.
The report states that the relevant authorities must "urgently adapt the means and methods available" to them.
Han var desuden tilfreds med Kommissionens overordnede idé med at forenkle lovgivningen.
Action needed to "catch up with the reality"
"Det er jeg meget skeptisk overfor, fordi jeg ikke kan forestille mig, at en forvaltningskomité kan tilvejebringe den nødvendig ekspertekspertise.
The report also calls for "the necessary autonomy" to be given to the European Police Office (Europol) and the European Union's Judicial Co-operation Unit (Eurojust), by granting them "full powers of initiative within their respective fields of responsibility", thus enabling them to become "leaders in the fight against organised crime on a Europe-wide scale."
Det er så stor forskel på de mange markedsmekanismer, vi har, når vi ser på animalsk produktion og på vegetabilsk produktion, og det gør sig gældende inden for de forskellige sektorer," sagde han.
The report cautions however that the extension of such powers must not undermine the activities of national authorities or lead to "imbalances or duplication", and thus any such expansion must be carried out with "genuine Parliamentary oversight."
De fire forvaltningskomiteer skal være for henholdsvis kød, mejeriprodukter, grøntsager og flerårige afgrøder.
In addition, the report urges to Council to "continue and intensify the [efforts] to [develop] a genuine ‘Internal Security Architecture’."
I landbrugsspørgsmål har Parlamentet kun en rådgivende rolle.
The Council is also asked to adopt "a strict framework including binding guarantees as regards fundamental rights" when drawing up EU policy on tackling organised crime.
Fakta om markedsordninger
Public support
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Bekæmpelsen af organiseret kriminalitet skal styrkes
A new innovation strategy for Europe
I en henstilling til Rådet af Bill NEWTON DUNN (ALDE, UK) om kampen mod organiseret kriminalitet opfordrer MEP'erne til at tilpasse den eksisterende lovgivning for at styrke efterforskningsstrategierne.
To facilitate the knowledge transfer between research centres and businesses, the European Parliament suggests the creation of 'knowledge regions', new measures to protect inventors, and tax incentives for enterprises which invest in research and innovation.
Parlamentet henviser i betænkningen til de fremskridt, der er sket siden politisamarbejdet og det retlige samarbejde om organiseret kriminalitet blev indledt for 30 år siden, men gør også opmærksom på, at de fremskridt kun kan fortsætte, hvis tilgangen ændres radikalt.
"The paradox of the situation in Europe is that we have highly developed centres for the development of knowledge - centres of excellence, but with little economic impetus to use that knowledge as a basis for developing innovative activities", states rapporteur Adam GIEREK (PES, PL).
Parlamentet foreslår, at Rådet skal opfordre medlemslandene til hurtigst muligt at udvide brugen af særlige efterforskningsteknikker og fremme oprettelsen af fælles efterforskningshold.
EUREKA is a pan-European intergovernmental research initiative with the aim to launch longer-term, strategically significant industrial projects e.g. in the fields of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), energy and biotechnology.
For at få bedre viden om den organiserede kriminalitet lægger betænkningen op til, at der skal være bedre udveksling af information mellem de forskellige aktører, der deltager i bekæmpelsen af den organiserede kriminalitet.
Furthermore, MEPs stress that a future European Institute of Technology (EIT) should invest in the relationship between knowledge institutions and businesses through a focus on innovation.
Europol and Eurojust
Risk capital funds and tax incentives
Parlamentet skal sørge for, at der ved disse kompetenceudvidelser er den nødvendige parlamentariske kontrol.
MEPs regret that so far "systematic public support with transparent conditions is missing."
Ordfører: Bill NEWTON DUNN ALDE GB Procedure: Den ikke-lovgivningsmæssige procedure
The Commission and Member States should therefore - in the context of the new Community patent - work on "a procedure for eliminating trivial patents and sleeping patents."
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Støtte til transport og energi-netværk
Human rights: Venezuela, Syria, Sudan
Parlamentet godkendte onsdag Rådets fælles holdning om EU's finansielle støtte inden for de transeuropæiske transport- og energinet.
At the end of the May session in Strasbourg, Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Det er blandt andet de midler, der kan bruges til at medfinansiere en Fehmern- forbindelse.
According to the Venezuelan government itself, Radio Caracas Televisión is the only media organ whose licence is not being renewed.
Forordningen tilpasser de eksisterende finansielle instrumenter, og vil give mulighed for højere andel af medfinansiering fra EU, især i de projekter, der har grænseoverskridende karakter.
The government is urged, in the name of "the impartiality of the state", to ensure "equal treatment under the law for all media, whether privately or publicly owned and irrespective of all political or ideological considerations".
Det skulle føre til en bedre udnyttelse af de eksisterende netværk, og undgå flaskehalsproblemer og dermed forbedre effektiviteten og konkurrencedygtigheden.
MEPs also call for "a dialogue between the Venezuelan Government and the country's private media" and they deplore "the government's total unwillingness to engage in dialogue in general, notably in the case of RCTV".
Anne E. JENSEN, (ALDE, DK) talte på vegne af sin gruppe under debatten tirsdag aften.
In a resolution on Syria, Parliament expresses concern at recent verdicts against political prisoners and human rights activists in Syria, which it says affect every political strand of the opposition.
Hun mente, at det ikke kunne gå hurtigt nok med at få gennemført forordningen.
The resolution refers briefly to the activities of each of these individuals.
"Jeg synes, at hele forløbet på denne her lovgivning giver et indtryk af, at medlemslandene har et lidt halvhjertet forhold til disse meget vigtige transportinvesteringer.
Parliament urges the Syrian authorities to comply strictly with international human rights law and to respect freedom of opinion and the right to a fair trial.
Det viser sig jo også i Rådets hårdhændende beskæring af budgetrammen fra de 20 mio. euro, der blev skåret ned til mellem 7 mio. - 8 mio. euro til transeuropæiske net.
In fact, says the resolution, the relevant Syrian bodies should "reverse the judgments, drop the charges still pending in the Military Court of Damascus and release all the abovementioned prisoners of conscience and political prisoners".
Jeg er overbevist om, at der bliver brug for flere midler, og at vi ved midtvejsrevisionen i 2009 ikke blot skal skaffe flere penge til satellitsystemet Gallileo, men også til de transeuropæiske net, "sagde hun.
It also asks Syria, which could play an important role in promoting peace in the region, to improve and support human rights and freedom of expression in the country generally.
"Jeg vil også udtrykke min glæde over, at vi har fået nye finansielle instrumenter med i forordningen.
MEPs would like Syria to support the setting up of "a penal tribunal with an international character" after the Judge Brammertz inquiry in Lebanon into the 2005 assassination of Rafiq Hariri.
Her har De jo, hr. kommissær Barrot, stillet i udsigt, at man kan få en garanti for broens økonomi de første 5 år.
In the first case, a judge sentenced Amouna Abdallah Daldoum and Sadia Idries Fadul, on 6 March and 13 February 2007 respectively, to death by stoning for adultery.
Og jeg synes det er godt, at Den Europæiske Investeringsbank således er med til at udvikle nye finansielle instrumenter.
On appeal, according to a letter from the Sudanese Embassy in Brussels, the death sentences have been quashed and the case is to be reviewed.
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Åbning af samlingen
Opening of the May Strasbourg Session - Hydrogen economy declaration adopted / Appeal for Madeleine McCann
Erklæringen, som 420 MEP'ere har skrevet under på, opfordrer EU-institutionerne til:
The House made one change to the week's agenda, MEPs deciding overwhelmingly that Parliament should not vote on a resolution following Tuesday afternoon's debate on Palestine.
at sigte mod en 20 % forøgelse af energieffektiviteten inden 2020,
Appeal for missing Madeleine McCann
at mindske udledningen af drivhusgasser med 30 % frem til 2020 (i forhold til 1990-niveauet),
Gary Titley (PES, UK) said at the opening of the session in Strasbourg: "18 days ago a 3-year-old girl, Madeleine McCann, of British parents, was abducted from her hotel in Portugal.
at dække 33 % af elektricitetsforbruget og 25 % af det samlede energiforbrug ved hjælp af vedvarende energikilder inden 2020,
There has been extensive coverage of this in the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain, but I am not sure that there has been coverage in other Member States.
inden 2025 at skabe intelligente og uafhængige elnet, således at regioner, byer, SMV'er og borgere kan producere og dele energi efter samme principper om fri adgang som dem, der gælder for Internettet i dag.
As we know, there is a serious danger of there being trafficking in minors and we would hope this is not the case in Madeleine’s case, but we would urge all national authorities to be on the alert to see if we can possibly find this girl before anything serious happens to her."
Ændringer på dagsordenen
Highlights of the week
Der var en ændring til ugens dagsorden, nemlig at der ikke skal stemmes om et beslutningsforslag efter debatten tirsdag om Palæstina.
Other key legislative topics include a report on improving water quality, a report on combating violence and a conciliation agreement on the financial instrument for the environment.
Efter lange forhandlinger med EU-landenes regeringer i ministerrådet har Parlamentet været med til at sikre en aftale, der kan lette mange mobiltelefonregninger i fremtiden.
In committee, a narrow majority of MEPs voted to urge the Commission to propose a codification of the Court of Justice’s case law in this area, although they opted not to call for separate legislation on health services.
Der er debat tirsdag og afstemning onsdag.
This new general framework is intended to ensure more efficient, flexible and less bureaucratic management.
Parlamentet klar til at vedtage Daphne III programmet
Life+ is intended to fund environmental programmes for the period 2007-2013.
Tirsdag skal MEP'erne stemme om Daphne III, som er EU's særlige program til at bekæmpe vold mod børn, unge og kvinder.
Parliament will also debate the Daphne III programme on combating violence.
Den tredje fase af Daphne-programmet dækker perioden 2007-2013 og har et budget på 116.85 millioner Euro.
These would replace the current system of generalised preferences, which is incompatible with WTO rules.