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Parlamentet kunne efter lange seje forhandlinger med Rådet lægge sidste hånd på den tredje jernbanepakke.
Biofuels from third countries if imported must follow stringent criteria."
Direktivet indebærer, at jernbanepersonale skal være i besiddelse af et certifikat, der viser, at de opfylder de minimumskrav, der stilles til helbred og psykologisk egnethed, grundlæggende skoleuddannelse og generelle faglige kvalifikationer.
However, David Hammerstein (ES, Greens) was concerned that biofuel use could lead to negative consequences for poor countries: "Our desire for biofuels could endanger world food supplies.
I første omgang gælder direktivet kun for lokomotivførere.
We have to ask ourselves: should we eat or should we drive ? "
Men Parlamentets ordfører Gilles SAVARY (PSE, FR) fremhæver, at direktivet med tiden kan blive udvidet til at omfatte andre personalegrupper.
Pilar Ayuso (ES, EPP-ED) said "Our group agrees new investments in the sector are needed in order to make new energy compatible with old forms of energy."
I de tilfælde skal Kommissionen fremlægge et lovgivningsmæssigt forslag vedrørende det omtalte personale.
These goals should be reached at national level, "we call upon Member States to achieve this by investing in and the better use off renewable energies."
Sakharov-prisen 2007
Third Railway Package
Osman arbejder sammen med den sudanesiske organisation mod tortur, som giver gratis juridisk assistance til de mange ofre for borgerkrigen og overtrædelser af menneskerettigheder.
EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said Monday in Paris that there will be efforts next year to develop railways for the transport of goods in order to fight global warning.
Anna Politkovskaja (afdød), russisk journalist og menneskerettighedsaktivist.
Sakharov Shortlist
Den endelige afgørelse om, hvem der skal modtage Parlamentets pris for tankefrihed i 2007, vil blive truffet af Formandskonferencen den 25. oktober.
The political group leaders will pick the winner on October 25.
Overrækkelsesceremonien finder sted den 11. december i Strasbourg.
The award ceremony will take place in Strasbourg on 11 December .
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Tirsdag under EP samlingen: Kinesisk legetøj, ekstern energipolitik og sukkerreform
Tuesday in plenary; Toy safety, foreign energy policy, sugar
Flere kommissærers tilstedeværelse, heriblandt Verheugen, Kuneva og Figal, understregede vigtigheden af dagens emner.
Discussing toy safety , in the context of recent worries about Chinese manufactured toys, MEPs urged clear standards and information.
MEP'erne henviseste i beslutningsforslaget til, at en række tilbagekaldelser af sundhedsskadeligt legetøj i august og september i år har givet anledning til bekymring blandt befolkningen i EU.
Toy safety is currently covered by the Toy Directive, which leaves it to makers and importers to ensure that products are safe and the authorities informed if there is a problem.
MEP'erne mener ikke, at de frivillige tilbagekaldelser er resultatet af en effektiv markedsovervågning.
Enforcement is at a national level.
Evelyne Gebhardt (PSE, Tyskland) ærgrede sig over den tid det har taget Kommissionen at formulere reformen af legetøjsdirektivet: "... vi har meget at nå i EU, hvis vi ønsker at have sikre produkter her blot 3 måneder før jul.
German Socialist Evelyne Gebhardt said, "Our goal is to reach the highest standards...we need to do a lot in the EU to have safe products just 3 months before Christmas and we are angry it has taken the Commission so long to reform the Toy Directive.”
Vi er sure på Kommissionen over, at den har taget så lang tid om at reformere legetøjsdirektivet".
Non-attached British MEP, Jim Allister approached the issue from another angle.
Toine Manders (ALDE, Holland): "Hvis vi ikke når målet om et hundrede procents sikkerhed, må vi i det mindste påtage os ansvaret et hundrede procent.
“If we had not decimated our own manufacturing industry by punitive regulation, then maybe now we would not be so dependent on China."
Læs mere om det i vores pressemeddelelse, der bliver publiceret i dag.
Read more details of the debate via the link below
MEP´erne støtter en fælles ekstern energipolitik
Should the EU have a common foreign energy policy?
Særligt i forholdet til Rusland, ønsker MEP’erne, at der i forhandlingerne skal lægges vægt på den gensidige afhængighed.
The own-initiative report by Polish conservative Jacek Saryusz-Wolski looks at ways to face challenges to energy security.
I betænkningen lægger MEP’erne vægt på energiforsyningssikkerhed som et afgørende element i EU's overordnede sikkerhed og kalder det en "nøglefaktor for den fortsatte økonomiske og sociale udvikling i Europa."
It advocates a common foreign policy for energy based on the principles of diversification, unity in defending EU's interests ,solidarity and strengthening cooperation between partners; transit and consumer countries based on reciprocity.
Der bliver henvist til, at EU-landene er stadig mere afhængige af energi fra lande, der for de flestes vedkommende er "ustabile og udemokratiske".
"The EU has to be determined, active and united" he said.
Importen af sukker fra tredjelande fritages for EU-told fra 2010.
EP wants sweetners to help stop sugar production
Den overordnede målsætning er at reducere produktionen med 6 millioner ton i 2010.
The European Commission wants the EU sugar industry to cut production by 6 million tonnees by 2010.
Såfremt producenterne ikke er i stand til det, kan Kommissionen pålægge dem kvoter.
If the industry can't make the cuts, then the Commission plans to impose "linear quotas".
Et flertal af medlemmerne støttede Kommissionens oprindelige forslag, men bakkede samtidig op EP-betænkningen af Katarina Batzeli's (PSE, Grækenland), der anbefaler større økonomisk kompensation til producenterne og regionerne i forbindelse med omstruktureringen.
While the Parliament backs the reform, it suggested increasing compensation to producers and regions to encourage them to cutback rather than having to impose quotas.
Parlamentets holdning i landbrugsspørgsmål er kun vejledende, men afgørelsen betyder, at landbrugsministrene nu vil kunne færdiggøre arbejdet med de nye initiativer.
The latest reform follows failed 2006 plans to cut prices and production.
Rådet forventes at vedtage sin fælles position onsdag eller torsdag.
EU ministers have the final say over sugar reform and are expected to reach a common position later this week.
20070921STO10540 Pressetjenesten: MEP'ere kræver mere sikkert legetøj Farligt kinesisk legetøj skal væk fra butikshylderne i EU Masser af energi på dagsordenen i Strasbourg Pressetjenesten om vedvarende energi Pressetjenesten om sukkerreformen
20070921STO10540 MEPs demand that toys meet EU standards - by the EP Press Service Recall of Chinese toys - MEPs voice concerns Sugar: more compensation for restructuring, say MEPs - by the EP Press service
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"Blåt kort" skal tiltrække kvalificeret arbejdskraft
European "blue card" to solve problem of aging population?
Moreno Sanchez og Lilli Gruber
Immigrants may hold the answer
Andelen af ældre stiger år for år i Europa, mens arbejdsstyrkens andel af den samlede befolkning falder.
Europe is facing a demographic crisis.
Kunne løsningen på dette problem være at åbne dørene for veluddannede immigranter?
Forecasts show that by 2050 two workers will have to support one retired person, compared with four workers now.
Ifølge udspillet fra Kommissionen, skal EU tiltrække velkvalificeret arbejdskraft ved udstedelse af såkaldte "blå kort" til immigranter med særlige kvalifikationer.
Two MEPs, dealing with immigration, tell us what they think.
Det gælder om at få fat i den mest eftertragtede og veludannede arbejdskraft, hvis EU også fremover skal være en førende konkurrencedygtig økonomi.
Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini says the EU must learn to compete with the US, which attracts most of the mobile skilled labour in the world.
Målsætningen er at takle Europas demografiske udfordringer ved at tiltrække omkring 20 millioner velkvalificerede personer fra tredjelande: "Udfordringen er at tiltrække arbejdere til udfylde bestemte huller (på arbejdsmarkedet)", sagde Frattini.
He therefore proposes the "blue card", a specialised residence permit for skilled third-country workers, which would ensure equal treatment at work.
Det blå kort skal give mulighed for at bo og arbejde i et EU land for en periode på to år, med mulighed for forlængelse.
It would allow them to live and work in a given EU member state for an initial, renewable, period of two years, after which they could work in another EU country.
Frattini understregede, at immigration må ses som en berigelse, ikke som en trussel.
"We have to look at immigration as an enrichment and as an inescapable phenomenon of today's world not as a threat".
EU sakker bagud
Most skilled migrants go to US
Kun 5 % af immigranterne der søger til EU landene har en højere uddannelse eller er faglærte, mens det gælder for over halvdelen af immigranterne, der får opholdstilladelse i USA.
The aim is to tackle Europe's looming demographic crisis by attracting some 20 million extra workers from abroad.
EU´s samlede befolkningstal er i dag omkring 494 millioner, men dette tal vil falde.
"The challenge is to attract the workers needed to fill specific gaps," said Frattini.
I 2050 vil 33 % af EU´s befolkning være over 65 år gamle.
He said that 85% of unskilled labour goes to EU and 5% to the US, whereas 55% of skilled labour goes to the US and only 5% to the EU.
Direktivforslaget indebærer, at Kommissionen sammen med medlemslandenes regeringer fastlægger, hvor meget arbejdskraft der er brug for i hvert enkelt land.
Italian Socialist Lilli Gruber and Spanish Socialist Javier Moreno Sanchez are reporting to the House on legal and illegal immigration respectively, so we asked their opinion on a European blue card system.
MEP´er: Direktivet må ikke føre til hjerneflugt fra udviklingslandene
"A step in the right direction"
Vi spurgte Lilli Gruber (PES, Italien) og Javier Moreno Sanchez (PES, Spanien) om deres mening om det nye system med det blå kort.
"This is a first step in the right direction - even if it’s timid." said Ms Gruber.
Lilli Gruber: "Dette er et første skridt i den rigtige retning... der er ingen tvivl om, at der er et stort behov for specifikke kompetencer som EU ikke selv kan opfylde.
"Apart from the 'préférence communautaire' applied in large sectors of our economic policies, there’s no question that a real demand exists for specific skills, varying from one country to another, which can't be met inside the EU.
I disse tilfælde giver det god mening at åbne dørene."
In those cases, it’s fair to open our doors."
Styrkelsen af demokrati og økonomi, i de lande som immigranterne kommer fra, er vitalt, understreger Gruber.
To fight illegal immigration - apart from its criminal phenomena - we need to open and define legal ways to enter the EU, but also increase our forces to stimulate the growing democracy and economy of those countries."
Moreno Sanchez støtter tiltag der "fremmer lovlig immigration til EU" og som "bekæmper handel med mennesker".
Mr Moreno Sanchez supports "measures that favour legal channels of immigration to the EU, fundamental to curb clandestine immigration and to fight against networks of human trafficking."
Sanchez fremhæver udviklingen af en fælles europæisk immigrationspolitik som et vigtigt skridt på vejen.
He also stresses the importance of "the external dimension of a European migration policy."
Hun er enig med Gruber i, at en kommende immigrationspolitik ikke må underminere oprindelseslandenes interesse: "Vi må sikre, at det endelige forslag indeholder de rette midler mod hjerneflugt fra oprindelseslandene", sagde Moreno Sanchez.
"This is only an initial step, focused on qualified workers and it will be necessary to continue to work on the establishment of a common status for the rest of immigrant workers, whom we need as much from the demographic point of view as from the economic one", he added.
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Onsdag under EP-samlingen: Burma, Blue card - ordning og CIA fængsler
Wednesday in plenary: MEPs focus on Burma, Immigration, illegal renditions
Blåt kort til immigranter?
"Blue card "?
Under onsdagens samling i Strasbourg diskuterede MEP´erne den eskalerende krise i Burma, der har fyldt meget i de internationale medier de seneste dage.
On Wednesday, MEPs turned their attention to the escalating crisis in Burma, as well as holding a keynote debate on legal and illegal immigration, during which the idea of a European "blue card" for skilled immigrants (similar to the US green card system) was considered.
MEP´erne fordømte over en bred karm hvad Geoffrey Van Orden, (EPP-DE Storbritanien) betegnede som det "afskyelige" burmesiske regime.
Speakers from across the House condemned what Geoffrey Van Orden, speaking for the EPP-ED group, described as the "odious" Burmese regime.
På vegne af den socialistiske gruppe udtrykte Barbara Weiler (PSE, DE, Tyskland) sin store foragt for blodudgydelserne, og hun understregede, at de buddhistiske munke har bred folkelig opbakning.
For the Socialist Group, Barbara Weiler noted that the protests begun by Buddhist monks enjoyed the support of the broad population.
Der var enighed på tværs af de politiske grupper om at lægge et internationalt koordineret pres på det burmesiske regime, for at få det til at stoppe volden mod demonstranterne.
There was cross-party support for a joint motion calling for coordinated international action to deter the Burmese regime from violence against its own people and to encourage a move to genuine pluralist democracy.
Europa-Parlamentet opfordrede endnu en gang til løsladelsen af oppositionslederen Aung San Suu Kyi, der tidligere har vundet Parlamentets Sakharov-pris.
The EP also once again called for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a past winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, and the integration of her National League for Democracy organisation in the national political process.
Parlamentet ønsker europæisk "Blue card"- ordning for indvandrere
"Blue card" for Europe
Europa-Parlamentet vedtog to initiativbetænkninger, som forholder sig til en plan for lovlig indvandring og til bekæmpelsen af ulovlig indvandring.
MEPs debated reports about immigration and illegal immigration, relating to a policy plan for legal migration and the priorities in the fight against illegal immigration.
Parlamentet var åben over for muligheden for at skabe en EU-arbejdstilladelse til højtuddannede, det såkaldte "blue card".
The door is now open to the possibility of establishing an EU work permit for highly skilled workers (the so-called blue card).
I den betænkning, som Lilli GRUBER (PSE, IT) var ordfører for understreges det, at Europa har brug for indvandring på grund af befolkningens aldring og arbejdsmarkedets udvikling.
On the issue of mass regularisation of illegal immigrants, MEPs said it "should be a one-off event since such a measure does not resolve the real underlying problem."
Princippet om respekt for det enkelte menneskes værdighed blev gentagne gange understreget under debatten.
The principle of respect of human dignity was underlined throughout the debate.
Som Savros Lambrinidis (PSE, Grækenland) udtrykte det: "Den eneste forbrydelse som disse mennesker har begået er, at de er født i fattige lande."
After all, as one MEP said, "the only crime of these people is to have been born in poor countries".
Parlamentet peger i betænkningen på nødvendigheden af at gøre EU attraktivt som mål for de bedst uddannede indvandrere for at nå målsætningerne i Lissabon-strategien.
Illegal renditions back in Parliament
Det støtter tanken om en såkaldt "Blue Card"-ordning for indvandrere med særlige kvalifikationer (i lighed med den amerikanske "Green Card"-ordning; red.).
Secret detentions, unlawful inter-state transfers and supposed illegal CIA operations involving EU member states were back on the agenda Wednesday.
MEP'erne understregede dog, at det naturligvis skulle være op til det enkelte medlemsland at definere behovet for indvandring.
Most MEPs criticized the lack of co-operation from the EU Council of Ministers.
Vi er ikke tilfredse!
We’re not satisfied!
Den offentlige opinion er bekymret...", sagde Claudio Fava (PSE, Italien).
Public opinion is worried: the silence of the EU Council and the governments are a lost occasion for Europe”.
Repræsentanten fra Rådet lagde i sin tale vægt på, at EU ikke har kompetence i relation til de nationale efterretningstjenester, og at nationale undersøgelser allerede er igangsat.
A representative for the Council of Ministers underlined that the EU doesn’t have competences on secret services surveillance, and that national investigations are ongoing.
Han lovede endvidere, at Kommissionen vil udarbejde en rapport om "antiterrormidlernes" effektivitet.
Late Wednesday EU strategy on "dys" problems (dysphasia, dyspraxia, dyslexia, dyscalculia or attention deficit disorder, etc), which concern more than 10% of children, were under debate.
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Parlamentsvalg i Ukraine: Orange eller blå?
Elections in Ukraine: orange or blue?
Tid til refleksion i Kiev
Ukraine goes to the polls
Søndag den 30. september bliver der afholdt parlamentsvalg i Ukraine, og Europa-Parlamentet sender en delegation med valgobservatører til landet for at overvåge afstemningen.
On Sunday, Ukraine, one of the European Union's most important neighbours, goes to the polls and a delegation from the European Parliament will be there to observe whether or not the elections are up to international standards.
De tre vigtigste kandidater at holde øje med er den nuværende præsident Jusjtjenko, premierminister Yanukovich og Tymoshenko.
The three main parties are led by President Viktor Yushchenko, P rime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister and an ally of the President during the 2004 "Orange Revolution".
Ukraine blev en selvstændig stat i 1991 efter Sovjetunionens kollaps.
A delegation of 14 MEPs heads to Ukraine on Thursday to observe the elections.
Den politiske udvikling de senere år
Recent political developments
I 2004 vinder Viktor Yanukovich præsidentvalget i Ukraine, hvilket udløser voldsomme protester og demonstrationer, da befolkningen mistænker den siddende politiske magtelite for valgsvindel.
In 2004 Ukraine underwent the " Orange Revolution", when large-scale popular protests broke out after the presidential elections, which were officially won by Viktor Yanukovych, who was backed by the outgoing president.
Omvalget er gået over i historien som den "Orange Revolution."
However their alliance soon fell apart and the President sacked the Tymoshenko government in September 2005.
I 2006 kollapser den orange alliance mellem Jusjtjenko og Tymoshenko.
In March 2006 Mr Yanukovych´s party won the new parliamentary elections and he eventually took office in August.
I marts vinder Yanukovich´s parti parlamentsvalget, og han bliver udnævnt til premierminister.
He has since built a majority in the Parliament.
Jusjtjenko enes i stedet med premierminister Janukovitj om at afholde parlamentsvalg den 30. september 2007.
Initially Parliament rejected his authority do so, but eventually the President and Prime Minister agreed to hold elections on 30 September.
EU understreger i den sammenhæng vigtigheden af, at Ukraine styrker demokratier og overholdelsen af menneskerettigheder.
If elections are free and fair, it’s the best evidence of the country’s ability to accomplish the goal, they said.
Europa-Parlamentet bidrager til et frit og retfærdigt parlamentsvalg
In a July resolution, the Parliament called for the adoption of political reforms, a fight against corruption and a reform of the civil service.
Europa-Parlamentet har fulgt den politiske udvikling i Ukraine meget tæt og var blandt de første til at pege på uregelmæssighederne ved præsidentvalget i 2004.
It has closely followed political developments in Ukraine.
Parlamentet havde sågar en delegation tilstede på frihedspladsen i dagene under den orange revolution og sendte et hold valgobservatører til omvalget i december 2004.
It was among those denouncing irregularities in the 2004 election and a Parliament delegation was in Independence Square in Kiev, which was at the epicentre of the Orange Revolution.
Parlamentet påpeger i en henstilling fra juli 2007: "... før et nyt og tættere partnerskab mellem EU og Ukraine kan etableres, må den nuværende politiske krise løses fredeligt...".
It subsequently sent an observation team to monitor the re-run election.
Ukraines viceudenrigsminister, Kostiantyn Yeliseiev, der deltog i de forberedende møde med EP-delegationen, sagde: "Vi vil sætte pris på, at EP-delegationen ikke kun overvåger os men også sender et budskab og giver os gode råd.
Ukraine, a former constituent republic of the Soviet Union, became an independent country in 1991 and is one of the EU's most significant immediate neighbours.
Det ukrainske samfund og dets politikere lytter meget opmærksomt til hvad Europa-Parlamentet har at sige."
It has a population of about 47 million and covers a geographical area of 603,700 km2 - about 10% greater than metropolitan France.
20070921STO10555 Parlamentets delegation til Ukraine Henstilling fra EP Artikel: Ukrainerne er nået langt EU-Ukraine relationer
20070921STO10555 EP Delegation to Ukraine EP Resolution EU-Ukraine relations:
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Adrian Severin: Vi ønsker evolution - ikke revolution i Ukraine
Adrian Severin: "We want evolution - not revolution in Ukraine"
Interview med formanden for Ukraine-delegationen, Adrian Severin
Adrian Severin
Den rumænske MEP´er Adrian Severin (PES) er formand for den 14 mand store EP-delegation, der den 27. september tager til Ukraine for at overvåge landets parlamentsvalg.
Romanian Socialist Adrian Severin is leading a 14-member election observation team from the European Parliament to Ukraine from 27 September to 1 October.
Severin fortæller her, om hvad han ser som de største udfordringer for delegationen, og han giver sit bud det langsigtede forhold mellem EU og Ukraine.
The Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee spoke to us about the main concerns of the election observation mission as well as the way he sees the long-term EU-Ukraine relationship.
Hvad kan en valgobservationsdelegation som jeres forventes at opnå?
What can an EP election observation mission such as yours achieve?
Eftersom de politiske kontroverser i Ukraine er et meget hot emne for tiden, blev løsningen at afholde et tidligt valg.
As the political controversies in Ukraine are very hot, the solution chosen was to hold early elections.
Jeg tror ikke, at de tidlige valg kan løse landets egentlige politiske problemer.
I believe that these early elections per se cannot solve the major political problems of the country.