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Ewa Klamt (EPP-ED, Tyskland) undrede sig på den anden side over, "hvorfor EU skal være forpligtiget til at løse problemer, som USA ikke selv ønsker at løse".
German MEP Ewa Klamt (EPP-ED) wondered "why should the EU be obliged to solve problems that the US did not want to resolve itself?"
Hun lagde under sin tale vægt på, at USA´s tre førende præsidentkandidater alle går ind for at lukke Guantánamo-lejren.
She preferred to stress the democratic nature of the USA, pointing out that the three leading presidential candidates all believed "Guantánamo should be closed".
Sarah Ludfourd (ALDE, Storbritannien) mente, at tiden nu var inde til at hjælpe USA med at sætte et punktum for "dette skamfulde kapitel i historien" ved at tage imod nogle af de frivivne fanger.
Portuguese Socialist MEP Ana Maria Gomes argued that the "complicity" of some Member States in sending individuals to Guantánamo in the first place was probably inhibiting their readiness to take in refugees now.
Under et efterfølgende pressemøde fremhævede Hélène Flautre (Gruppen De Grønne/Den Europæiske Fri Alliance, Frankrig) vigtigheden af, at Europa bidrager til, at man undgår en humanitær katastrofe.
During a press conference held after the hearing subcommittee chair Hélène Flautre (Greens/EFA) emphasised Europe’s role in preventing a possible humanitarian crisis.
Hun mente, at Parlamentet burde presse medlemsstaterne til at modtage de frigivne fanger for at undgå, at de blev sendt tilbage til menneskerettighedskrænkende regimer i Mellemøsten og Asien.
The French MEP said she thought that the EP should continue pressurizing and mobilising EU members to accept detainees likely to be repatriated into notorious human rights abusing regimes.
Indtil videre har kun England, Sverige og Albanien vist sig villige til at acceptere de løsladte Guantánamo-fanger.
Thus far only Albania, the UK and Sweden showed willingness to accept cleared detainees on their territory.
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Denne uge på Europarl
This week on Europarl
I denne uge kigger vi nærmere på fordelingen af mandlige og kvindelige MEP´er og sammenligner det med situationen i andre parlamenter.
This week the Parliament's website takes a look at how many male and female MEPs there are and how it compares to other legislatures.
Det sker forud for den internationale kvindedag, der bliver fejret på fredag.
This comes ahead of international women's day which is being celebrated on Friday.
For at markere dagen spørger vi en række parlamentsmedlemmer, hvad denne dag betyder for dem.
To mark the occasion we ask a number of Members to explain what makes the day special for them.
Torsdag bringer vi en artikel, der følger op på Miljøudvalgets seminar om anvendelsen af biobrændsel.
As Europe looks for alternatives to fossil fuels we look at biofuels and ask MEPs whether it really is the green alternative many believe.
Vi spørger en række MEP´er, om biobrændsel virkelig er så grøn en løsning, som det hævdes.
The week online you can also read MEPs' reactions to the results of Presidential elections in Russia and find out more about a report on a conference on globalisation and employment.
I løbet af ugen vil vi også kigge nærmere på reformen af den fælles landbrugspolitik samt sikkerheden på de europæiske veje.
This week we will also be reporting on the reform of Europe's Common Agriculture Policy and improvements in car safety.
20080229STO22572 Det russiske præsidentvalg (på engelsk) 50 år med ligestilling i EU Sikkerheden på vejene Stor opbakning til betænkning om flexicurity
20080229STO22572 Russian election: Women's day Car and road safety: Mobility week: greener ways of transport Labour market: balance of flexibility and employment security
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Den fælles landbrugspolitik under forandring
Health check for the CAP by Agriculture Committee
Sundhedstjekket ses som en yderligere modernisering af landbrugsreformen fra 2003.
This "medical inspection" is intended to check the progress of Agriculture reform since the CAP was overhauled in 2003.
Vi talte med to fremtrædende medlemmer af Landbrugsudvalget for at finde svar på vores spørgsmål.
We spoke to a few MEPs to gauge their views on the state of the CAP.
Kort fortalt er EU´s landbrugspolitik den politik, der regulerer produktionen, salget og forarbejdningen af landbrugsvarer i EU.
The Common Agricultural policy was initially established in 1957 and began operation five years later.
Den fælles landbrugspolitik kom til verden i forbindelse med undertegnelsen af Rom-traktaten i 1957, og den trådte i kraft i 1962.
It was a response to the food shortages of the great depression, the war years and the subsequent post war scarcities.
Målsætningen er at sikre landmændene en rimelig levestandard, at stabilisere markederne, at sikre forbrugerne rimelige priser samt at modernisere landbrugsstrukturerne.
By supporting production through guaranteed prices it was hoped to boost output and ensure price stability for the farming community.
Siden begyndelsen af 1990´erne har den fælles landbrugspolitik undergået en større reformproces.
With food shortages in the European Community becoming a thing of the past, the CAP supporters heralded it as a major breakthrough in European cooperation.
Fra at have haft en politik med fokus på pris - og produktionsstøtte , er man nu gået over til en politik med direkte indkomststøtte til landmændene .
However, by the 1980's wine lakes and butter mountains had shown the policy in need of reform.
De nye "single farm payments" (individuel støtte til landmænd), der indgår i 2003-reformen, er blandt andet betinget af, at landmændene lever op til en række regler for miljøstandarder dyrevelfærd samt fødevaresikkerhed.
Farmers as "stewards", not exploiters of the land
Landmændene er således forpligtiget til at leve op til en række økologiske kriterier for at kvalificere sig til udbetalingen af landbrugsstøtten.
The 2003 reforms gave farmers more freedom to produce what they the market required rather than just producing for the sake of it.
Under de nye regler har landmændene friheden til, at producere hvad der efterspørges på det globale marked.
British Conservative MEP Neil Parish - Chair of the Agriculture Committee - explained to us that "decoupling payments from production has made farmers farm the market, rather than farming the subsidy".
I fremtiden vil langt størstedelen af landbrugstilskuddene blive udbetalt uafhængigt af produktionens størrelse.
Overall the agriculture committee want the faster decoupling of production aid to farmers which they believe has made the agriculture business more market orientated.
Målsætningen med reformen er at gøre de europæiske landmænd mere konkurrencedygtige og markedsorienterede, samtidig med at man sikrer dem indkomststabilitet.
The reforms also set up "single farm payments" scheme more geared towards the environment, food safety and animal welfare schemes.
Formanden for Parlamentets Udvalg om Landbrug og Udvikling af Landdistrikter, Neil Parish (EPP-ED, Storbritannien), ser landbrugsreformen som en positiv fornyelse, der har gjort de europæiske landmænd mere konkurrencedygtige og effektive.
Neil Parish also spoke about the impact this could have on the image of the policy: "previously, the CAP was a symbol of the wasteful spending of the EU, but now farmers are being given payments to act as environmental stewards and to maintain areas of natural beauty in our countryside".
Adskillelsen af landbrugsstøtten fra produktionsmængden har ifølge udvalgsformanden skabt en ny logik, hvor europæiske landmænd ikke længere kun producerer med henblik på at modtage støtte, men i højere grad producerer det, der er behov for på det globale marked: "Jeg tror, at den vigtigste effekt af reformen er, at den har ændret befolkningens syn på landbrugsordningen.
The 2003 reforms also prepared the CAP for a further 10 new members when the EU enlarged in 2004.
Tidligere var landbrugsordningen et symbol på EU´s pengespild, men nu giver man penge til landmænd, der agerer som beskyttere af miljøet", sagde Parish.
One of these was to introduce direct aid to farmers in the new states progressively from 25% in 2004 to 100% in 2013.
Den franske socialist, Bernadette Bourzai, (PES, Frankrig), der er næstformand i udvalget, fremhæver ligeledes det stærke miljømæssige aspekt ved reformen: "for mig var der vigtigste, at man knyttede udbetalingen af landbrugsstøtten til respekten for miljøet, fødevaresikkerheden, sundheden samt dyrevelfærden...".
French Socialist MEP Bernadette Bourzai MEP is the vice-chair of the Agriculture Committee.
Både Parish og Bourzai ser det som en af fremtidens største udfordringer at fastholde unge europæiske landmænd i landbrugssektoren.
Speaking to us she said the most important part was "to subordinate the total payment of agricultural aid to necessary respect for the environment, traceability, food security, health and good conditions for animals and transparency".
Landbrugsudvalget arbejder for tiden på to initiativbetænkninger, der sætter fokus på unge europæiske landmænds fremtidsmuligheder.
They also see the falling numbers of sheep and livestock as a problem (the European Union is increasingly dependent on meat imports).
Landbrugspolitik på dagsorden i Strasbourg
They also want more support for rural development and a common EU policy on GMO crops.
20080229STO22573 Udvalget om Landbrug og Udvikling af Landdistrikter CAP health check: continuing the work begun in 2003 (på engelsk) Broad welcome for CAP "health check" Kommissionen: DG for Landbrug og Udvikling af Landdistrikter
20080229STO22573 Agriculture Committee CAP health check (Feb 2008) Broad welcome for CAP "health check" from EP Agriculture Committee (Nov 2007) European Commission: DG Agriculture
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MEP´ernes reaktion på præsidentvalget i Rusland
Russian delegation MEPs give Medvedev a guarded welcome
Vælger afgiver sin stemme under søndagens russiske præsidentvalg
In from the cold, Russians said "Da" to Medvedev
Det var ikke de store overraskelser, der prægede søndagens præsidentvalg i Rusland.
The quiet rise of Dmitry Medvedev and his ultimate election as Russia's President on Sunday will impact on Moscow's relations with the European Union.
Putins præsidentkandidat, Dmitry Medvedev, vandt med overvældede flertal (70,2 % af stemmerne).
After being endorsed by Vladimir Putin, Mr Medvedev's coronation was all but assured given the former's popularity due to Russia's economic growth.
Men hvad kommer valgresultatet til at betyde for de fremtidige relationer mellem EU og Rusland?
As he prepares to take up the reigns in the Kremlin, we ask MEPs on Parliament's delegation to Russia their feelings on Sunday's election and what the future holds for Moscow's relations with Europe.
Vi bad en række MEP´ere komme med deres bud.
Putin endorsement seen as key
Næstformanden for Parlamentets delegation til Rusland, Reino Paasilinna (De Europæiske Socialdemokraters Gruppe, Finland), var skuffet over forholdende under valgkampen: "De konkurrerende kandidater blev forhindret i at deltage eller blev diskrimineret på anden vis", sagde han.
A certain amount of doubt about the transparency of the election was voiced by Finnish Socialist MEP Reino Paasilinna who told us that "competing candidates were prevented from participating or otherwise discriminated".
Anne E. Jensen (Gruppen Alliancen af Liberale og Demokrater for Europa, Danmark) beklagede også oppositionens manglende frihed under valgkampen.
Tellingly perhaps, the vice-chair of parliament's delegation to Russia concedes that "traditional democratic elections" would probably had led to a similar high score for a Medvedev candidature (he took 70.2% in the election).
Valg eller nominering?
For some MEPs the crucial aspect of the election was the fact that President Putin had picked Dmitry Medvedev as his chosen successor to continue his policies of a strong state and a growing economy.
Emmanouil Angelakas (Gruppen for Det Europæiske Folkeparti (Kristelige Demokrater) og De Europæiske Demokrater, Grækenland) mente, at valgresultatet afspejler det russiske folks store tiltro til præsident Putin.
For Greek MEP Emmanouil Angelakas (EPP-ED) the result "underlines the trust of the Russian people to the choices of the outgoing President".
Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka (Gruppen for Nationernes Europa, Polen) var forbeholden over overhovedet at betegne begivenhederne i Rusland som et ´valg´.
Polish MEP Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka of the UEN group said she hesitated to describe them as elections "as there were no opposition candidates, no real debate nor any media coverage of Mr. Medvedev's opponents".
Tatjana Ždanoka´s (Gruppen De Grønne/Den Europæiske Fri Alliance, Letland) reaktion på præsidentvalget var mere positiv.
One of the most keenly watched areas of Dmitry Medvedev's presidency will be the course he steers in foreign affairs - notably in relations with the European Union.
Hun mente, at valget af Medvedev udgjorde en unik mulighed for at opbygge nye og bedre relationer mellem EU og Rusland.
Nevertheless, Dmitry Medvedev is the first leader of Russia who has not risen up through either the Communist party or the KGB.
"Spørgsmålet er, om EU er parat til at give et positivt svar", tilføjede hun.
He is also not a member of the security or defence establishment - the so called " siloviki".
For Paleckis var der to mulige scenarier: Det første, at Medvedev fortsætter Putin´s plan i samarbejde med Putin.
Regarding the course a new president will chart for Russia, Justas Paleckis told us he saw two possible scenarios; "First, President Medvedev is likely to continue with "Putin's Plan" in tandem with Putin as Prime Minister, second, the siloviki in the Kremlin give way to a more liberal Medvedev's Russia, a country able to accommodate European values".
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Europa-Parlamentet og ligestilling
Women in Parliament - how does the European Parliament compare?
På lørdag fejres Den Internationale Kvindedag over hele verden.
Women currently account for 31% of MEPs Ahead of international women's day this Saturday 8 March, we had a look at the balance between the sexes in the European Parliament and at other legislatures around Europe.
Formålet med dagen er at markere og støtte kvinderettigheder.
At present 31% of the 785 MEPs are female - up from 17% in 1979 when the first direct elections were held.
Op igennem tiderne har dagsorden været påvirket af den politiske og kulturelle kontekst, men det har altid været med kvinden og hendes rettigheder i centrum.
Top of the list in terms of parity are the Netherlands and Estonia who both have 50%, while Malta and Cyprus have only male representatives.
Men hvordan ser situationen ud i Europa-Parlamentet og andre europæiske parlamenter?
In terms of women in senior positions, this is how the Parliament looks:
Under de første direkte valg til Europa-Parlamentet i 1979 var 17 % af de valgte kvinder.
6 women chair one of the 23 committees.
Dette tal er i dag steget til 31 %, hvilket er ca. dobbelt så stor en andel som gennemsnittet på verdensplan.
13 of parliament's 37 delegations for relations with other countries have female chairs.
Parlamentet har desuden haft to kvindelige formænd, nemlig de to franske politikere Simone Veil (1979-1982) og Nicole Fontaine (1999-2002).
5 of the 14 Parliament vice-presidents are women.
I dag har Luxembourg og Estland lige mange MEP´er ansat i Europa-Parlamentet.
2 of the 6 quaestors (who look after MEPs' interests) are women.
Kvinders repræsentation i parlamenterne
2 of the 12 Presidents since direct elections in 1979 have been women - Simone Veil (1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999-2002).
Andelen af kvinder i EU-medlemsstaternes parlamenter er steget fra 16 % i 1997 til 24 % i 2007, hvilket dog stadig er under de 30 %, som anses nødvendigt for at kunne påvirke den politiske beslutningsproces i tilstrækkelig grad.
In the European Union the number of women standing for Parliament and being elected has risen by over a half in the last decade.
På verdensplan er blot 17 % af alle parlamentarikere kvinder.
In 1997 just 16% of MPs were women while they now account for 24%.
Ifølge en Kommissionsrapport fra sidste år havde tyve lande på verdensplan opnået målsætningen om en andel på 30 % kvinder i deres nationale parlamenter.
According to a report by the European Commission in 2006, 20 countries around the world had 30% or more female MPs.
Arrangementet åbnes af Parlamentets formand, Hans-Gert Pöttering, samt formanden for Det Panafrikanske Parlament, Gertrude Mongella.
EU states with a less enviable record (less than 15% of national MPs being women) include: Czech Republic, Cyprus, Ireland, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania and Malta.
20080229STO22577 Udvalget om Kvinders Rettigheder og Ligestilling Program den 6. marts Direkte transmission European Commission: Gender equality (på engelsk) Report: Women and Men in decision-making 2007 (på engelsk) 50 år med ligestilling i EU
20080229STO22577 Women's Rights and Gender Equality committee Watch live European Commission: Gender equality Report: Women and Men in decision - making 2007: analysis of the situation and trends Gender Mainstreaming - what does it mean?
Intelligente biler kan rede menneskeliv
Intelligent cars - just round the corner?
Intelligente biler måske på vej
Car safety can be glamorous too!
40.000 mennesker dør hvert år på de europæiske veje, mens yderligere 1,7 millioner kommer alvorligt til skade.
Every year an average of 40,000 people die on Europe's roads and a further 1.7 million are severely injured.
Zita Gurmai (De Europæiske Socialdemokraters Gruppe, Ungarn) præsenterede den 26. februar en betænkning, der sætter fokus på trafiksikkerheden i EU.
With such carnage all around us the search for ways to improve road safety is a pressing one.
Udvalget om Transport og Turisme diskuterede i sidste uge det såkaldte "intelligente biler - initiativ", som Kommissionen fremlagde sidste år.
Parliament's Transport Committee last week discussed an "intelligent car initiative" launched last year by the European Commission.
eCall: En bil der selv ringer til alarmcentralen
eCall - a car that dials the emergency services
Et af de vigtigste initiativer i udspillet er introduktionen af det såkaldte e- Call system, der vil standardisere nødopkalds-systemerne for køretøjer i hele EU.
One of the most high profile eSafety initiatives is the "eCall" system which the European Parliament has strongly backed.
Gurmai opfordrer i sin betænkning medlemsstaternes regeringer til at oplyse offentligheden om fordelene ved intelligente biler.
Her report calls for Governments and car makers to supply information to the public on the opportunities that intelligent vehicles present.
Informationen bør være kortfattet, klar og forståelig, og det er vigtigt, at den når ud til flest mulige modtagere", sagde Gurmai.
Drawing attention to the urgency of the issue Zita Gurmai said that "30 years ago no one used seats belts.
Næste måned stemmer Transportudvalget om betænkningen, der kommer til afstemning i plenum til juni.
We need to make technology affordable for citizens but also to improve the infrastructure".
Læs mere nedenfor.
Next month the Transport Committee will vote on the report ahead of a vote in Plenary in June.
20080229STO22578 Gurmai´s betænkning Friheden på landevejen – et risikabelt eventyr Road infrastructure management (på engelsk) Udvalget om Transport og Turisme Kommissionen: Trafiksikkerhed ESC (på engelsk)
20080229STO22578 Gurmai report "be safe - don't be a statistic" Road infrastructure management - Press Transport committee EC Road safety ESC
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Biobrændsel: Svaret på klodens miljøproblemer?
Workshop on biofuels - eco saviours or destroyers?
For blot få år siden anså mange biobrændsel som svaret på klimaændringsproblemerne.
"A few years ago biofuels were seen as the solution to the climate change problem.
I dag er der mere delte meninger om dette synspunkt.
What is clear is that biofuels will increasingly be used in Europe in cars, buses and lorries.
Europa-Parlamentet afholdte i tirsdags en workshop, hvor deltagerne diskuterede fordelene og ulemperne ved anvendelsen af biobrændsel.
In March last year EU leaders meeting in Brussels endorsed plans to ensure that biofuels account for 10% of all petrol and diesel consumption in the 27 member bloc by 2020.
Hvad er biobrændsel?
What exactly are biofuels?
De mest almindelige former for biobrændsel er bio-ethanol og bio-diesel.
The most well known biofuels are bio-diesel and bio-ethanol.
Et biobrændsel dannes af solens energi, vand og CO2 ved hjælp af en fotosyntese.
At the moment biofuels are made from maize, soya rape seed or sugar cane and palm.
I Danmark bruger man ofte halm, flis, træ og planteolie som biobrændsel.
Biofuels have become attractive as domestic biofuel production could reduce dependency on foreign imported oil.
For 60 % af verdens befolkning er biobrændsel en vigtig energikilde i hverdagen.
They are also seen as a way of limiting CO2 emissions.
Hvorfor benytte biobrændsel?
Why are they under a cloud?
Verdens energiforbrug stiger støt, hvilket har store konsekvenser for vores miljø.
In the last year scientific evidence, though disputed, has indicated that biofuels may not be as good for the environment as was once thought.
Ved at benytte biobrændsel i den indenlandske produktion, kan man reducere afhængigheden af olie og gas fra udlandet.
Critics point out that the intensive production of biofuels themselves may add to the release of nitrous oxide - a potent greenhouse gas.
EU's ledere har derfor forpligtet sig til at øge anvendelsen af vedvarende energikilder til erstatning for fossilt brændsel, sprede energiforsyningen og reducere kulstofemissionerne.
Then there are the potential social impacts to indigenous people and others having their homes and livelihoods threatened by forest clearance, as well as possible food shortages that could accompany it as land is used for fuel not food.
Over den sidste årrække er flere videnskabelige eksperter begyndt at sætte spørgsmålstegn ved biobrændsel.
The issue of how much greenhouse gas biofuels should save (compared to petrol and diesel) before it receives government and public support was discussed.
Selve produktionen af biobrændsel kræver i sig selv meget energi.
The European Commission believes if a biofuel offers a 30% reduction in such gases then it is worth embracing.
Problemet er, at perspektiverne for biobrændsel i Europa er meget begrænsede.
Parliament's Environment Committee has adopted a report, drafted by Ms Corbey,calling for 50% reductions to justify biofuel use.
Det potentielle areal er simpelthen ikke stort nok.
Many workshop participants dismissed this as too arbitrary.
Derfor er det nødvendigt at importere biomasse for at nå EU's mål om 10 % i 2020.
Some MEPs also feel it is too high.
Kommissionen vurderer, at det kan føre til fældning af regnskov i producentlandene med udledning af ophobet CO2 til følge.
German Christian Democrat Anja Weisgerber said it " would exclude most biofuels currently produced in Europe".
Desuden kan man forvente stigende fødevarepriser, hvilket kan føre til øget sult i de fattigste lande.
Greg Archer, from the UK's Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, suggested that biofuels should be “rewarded according to what savings they provide".