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MEP´erne konkluderede efterfølgende, at den manglende sikkerhed i landet stadig udgør det største problem for økonomisk og demokratisk udvikling.
The international community needs to concentrate on improving security and building more infrastructure, according to a group of MEPs just back from Afghanistan.
De efterspurgte også et større fokus på infrastrukturprojekter, der kan gøre hverdagen lettere for den afghanske befolkning.
During the visit they met Afghan President Karzai and members of parliament.
En EP-delegation på 9 medlemmer var fra den 26. april til den 1. maj i Afghanistan.
They also saw for themselves how some European funded projects are progressing.
Under besøget fik delegationsmedlemmerne mulighed for at tale med både ministre, parlamentsmedlemmer, lokale myndigheder, NGO´er og internationale organisationer.
Despite the progress the country has made, the attempted assassination of president Karzai during their stay underlined that the Taliban are not a spent force.
Den sikkerhedspolitiske situation i landet samt behovet for økonomiske reformer var blandt hovedemnerne i de politiske diskussioner.
According to French Liberal Philippe Morillon who headed the delegation of 9 MEPs, the purpose was to show the "profound solidarity" the European Union has with the Afghan people.
Nickolay Mladenov (EPP-ED, Bulgarien), der var formand for delegationen, sagde efter besøget: "Vores tilstedeværelse i Afghanistan havde til hensigt at bekræfte den stærke solidaritet mellem EU og det afghanske folk".
Describing what he thought was needed he said that more infrastructure projects were required to help the overall economy but especially to allow the regions to trade with Kabul.
Manglende sikkerhed stadig et altoverskyggende problem
"More shops" - and "daily shootings" in Kabul
Delegationsmedlemmerne var enige om, at situationen i Afghanistan er blevet forbedret, men de efterspurgte et stærkere politisk lederskab.
For Bulgarian MEP Nickolay Mladenov (EPP-ED) what is clear is that despite the difficulties the situation for people is getting better.
Et stærkt politisk lederskab er påkrævet for at skabe den forsonings- og rekonstrueringsproces, som er nøglen til sikkerhed".
He said "strong political leadership is needed to reignite the process of reconciliation and reconstruction."
Katrin Saks (PES, Estland) bakkede op om dette synspunkt og tilføjede: "Den ustabile situation i landet lader sig ikke løse via militære midler alene.
More attention has to be paid to civilian aid and projects which help satisfy peoples' basic needs and projects which help in institution-building".
Der er behov for mere fokus på nødhjælp og støtte til civile projekter".
What next for Afghanistan and the international community?
Her vil deltagerne diskutere perspektiverne for Afghanistans politiske og økonomiske fremtidsscenarier.
Participants will talk about strategies to help Afghanistan.
Europa-Parlamentet stemmer om en betænkning, der omhandler stabiliseringen af Afghanistan til sommer.
MEPs are due to vote on a report on the Stabilisation of Afghanistan before the summer recess.
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Klimadelegation: Større amerikansk engagement nødvendigt
MEPs in Washington urge US climate action
Europa-Parlamentets Udvalg om Klimaændringer sendte i sidste uge en officiel delegation til Washington for at diskutere mulighederne for en fælles klimastrategi med amerikanske kongresmedlemmer, embedsmænd og NGO´er.
MEPs used a three-day official visit to Washington to urge the US to prepare itself for the December 2009 UN summit in Copenhagen.
MEP´erne udtrykte efterfølgende bekymring over amerikanernes vilje til at leve op til de målsætninger, der blev fastlagt på klimatopmødet på Bali sidste år.
With a new president due to take office in January there are concerns that the US and Europe will not be able to speak with one voice.
Formanden for Udvalget om Klimaændringer , Guido Sacconi (PES, Italien), sagde efter besøget i Washington, at han ikke forventede de store ændringer i den amerikanske position under det nuværende præsidentskab.
During the 28-30 April visit, 10 members of the Climate Change Committee talked with members of Congress, members of the Bush Administration and NGO's.
"Vi forventer, at den kommende amerikanske administration vil gøre klimaforandringer til en vigtig prioritering", sagde ordfører Karl Heinz Florenz (EPP-ED, Tyskland).
In a statement released on their return, the delegation said: "We cannot expect much movement on climate change from the current White House".
Han fortsatte: "den næste præsident må gøre alt hvad der står i hans eller hendes magt for at overvinde de indenrigspolitiske barrierer, der kan stå i vejen for en international aftale i København".
Urging the next US president "to do everything in his or her power to overcome every domestic obstacle standing in the way of an international agreement in Copenhagen", MEPs said it would be a major disappointment if the US brings nothing to the table by December 2009.
I en fælles udtalelse fra delegationen hedder det at "både udviklede lande og udviklingslande vil være tilbageholdende med at underskrive en ambitiøs aftale, hvis USA ikke er med i den...
"Countries, both developed and developing, will not sign up to an ambitious agreement without the US on board."
Hvilken vægt vil Europa og Amerika have i forhold til lande som Kina, hvis vi ikke er i stand til at tale med én stemme?".
MEPs asked the US to reflect on "what kind of leverage Europe and America will have over countries like China if we fail to speak with a single voice?"
Delegationsmedlemmerne så med tilfredshed på de lovgivningsinitiativer på klimaområdet, der i disse måneder diskuteres i den amerikanske kongres.
Call for a workable EU-US carbon trading system
De opfordrede deres amerikanske kolleger til at skabe en større sammenhæng mellem landets indenrigs- og udenrigspolitiske bestræbelser på klimaområdet.
MEPs were pleased to see that Congress is discussing draft legislation on climate change and urged US partners to persist in their effort to establish a carbon trade system "one that, in the near future, could be linked with the EU Emission Trading Scheme", currently under review.
I delegationens fælles udtalelse hedder det, at USA bør sit ypperste for at få implementeret nye lovforslag, der kan bidrage til reduktion af landets CO2-udslip inden klimatopmødet i København i december 2009.
Insisting on a link between internal and international climate efforts, they urged the US "to do its utmost to wrap up work on its domestic climate legislation by the December 2009 UN summit in Copenhagen."
MEP´erne betegnede mødet med de amerikanske kongresmedlemmer som "en god start", men de påpegede samtidig, at der er behov for et langt mere ambitiøst samarbejde mellem EU og USA.
Concluding that the meetings on the Hill were "a good start", the delegation called for "far greater, more sustained efforts to coordinate our approaches", adding that it is up to the legislative branch to lead by sending clear policy signals.
20080505STO28111 Info (på engelsk) Udvalget om Klimaændringer Temasektion om sundhed og miljø
20080505STO28111 International agreement cannot wait, warn climate change MEPs in Washington Climate Change committee Articles on the climate
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Jeffrey Sachs: Fødevareproduktionen skal op i de fattige lande
UN advisor Professor Jeffrey Sachs on soaring food prices
I mandags mødtes professor Jeffrey Sachs, der er rådgiver for FN´s generalsekretær, med medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentets Udviklingsudvalg for at diskutere fødevarekrisen i udviklingslandene.
Leading academic Professor Jeffrey Sachs met with MEPs on Parliament's Development Committee to discuss the food and health crisis in developing countries on 5 May.
Han er tidligere blevet udnævnt til en af verdens mest indflydelsesrige mænd af Time Magazine.
Repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine, the advisor to the UN Secretary-General has written the bestselling "The End of Poverty" where he sets out his ideas for eradicating global poverty.
Vi tog en snak med Sachs om den aktuelle situation, og hvad man bør gøre for at løse krisen.
During his visit we spoke to him about the current situation and how to solve the crisis.
Priserne på fødevarer er steget drastisk over en relativ kort tidsperiode.
World food prices have risen at an extraordinary rate.
Hvordan kan prisstigningerne forklares?
What is driving such price rises?
For det første er produktiviteten stadig meget lav i Afrika og andre fattige regioner.
First, productivity is very low still in Africa and some other poor regions.
For det andet har der fundet flere "klima-choks" sted i Europa, Australien og andre kornproducerende regioner.
Second, climate shocks in Australia and in Europe and in some other grain producing areas.
Da fødevarepriserne begyndte at stige, var der ganske enkelt ikke nok korn på lager.
When world demand went up there were not large stocks of grain available and that meant that prices soared.
For det femte er handelsbarrierer med stor hast blevet opsat af fødevareeksporterende lande for at holde priserne nede på deres egne markeder, hvilket har medført stærkt stigende priser i de fødevareimporterende lande.
Trade barriers thrown up by food exporting countries to keep prices low in their countries have sharply increased prices in food importing countries.
Det overordnede problem er, at efterspørgslen på fødevarer er steget drastisk, mens udbuddet er faldet.
Basically, the underlying challenge is that food demand has gone up sharply and food supply has not.
FN´s generalsekretær har sagt, at de stigende fødevarepriser risikerer at sætte målene om at halvere verdens fattigdom i 2015 over styr.
The UN Secretary-General has said rising food prices jeopardise the achievement of the Millennium Development goals to halve poverty by 2015.
Er du enig i dette synspunkt?
Do you agree?
Den vigtigste målsætning er at bringe fødevareproduktionen i vejret i de fattige regioner.
The most important step is to increase food production in the poor regions.
De fleste af disse regioner - og igen fokuserer jeg særligt på Afrika - producerer kun halvdelen eller en tredjedel af hvad de rent faktisk kunne producere.
Most of these regions, and again I focus on Africa, have levels of food output that are only one half or one third of what they could be.
Problemet er, at landmændene er så fattige, at de ikke har råd til de gode afgrøder.
The problem is that the farmers are so poor that they cannot afford good seeds, they cannot afford fertilizers, and they cannot afford irrigation.
EU´s landbrugssystem har ofte været til debat.
Europe's agricultural system has often been an issue in world trade talks.
Hvordan kan Europa bidrage til at løse fødevarekrisen?
How can Europe contribute to resolving the food price crisis?
Det bedste EU kan gøre nu er at levere hurtig hjælp til de fattige lande, så de kan få sat gang i fødevareproduktionen.
The most important thing that Europe can do is to provide quick funding to poor countries to help those countries increase their own food production.
Det er det første skridt.
This to me is the number one step - very practical.
Da Malawi i 2005 introducerede et program, der gav alle bønder adgang til kunstgødning, blev landet i stand til at fordoble dets fødevareproduktion fra det ene år til det andet... det er her, at Europa kan hjælpe afrikanske regeringer.
When Malawi, for example, introduced a programme in 2005 so that every peasant farm in Malawi could get access to fertilisers and to high-yield seeds, that little country was quickly able to double food production from one season to the next and it has kept that high level of crop since then with this policy.
At støtte landmændene, så de bliver i stand til at producere flere fødevarer vil være det første skridt.
That kind of policy costs budgetary funds because the government ensures the availability of basic inputs to farmers at the low price and that's where Europe could help by funding African governments so they could fund their own farmers to produce more food.
Det næste skridt - dog ikke så presserende men stadigvæk vigtigt - er at revurdere biobrændselspolitikken.
This to me would be the number one step.
Man bør kun promovere det biobrændsel, der ikke konkurrerer med fødevareproduktionen.
A second related step of course - not as urgent but, I think, useful - is to reconsider biofuel policy, to only promote biofuels that don't compete with food supplies or with land where food can be grown.
Kan normale mennesker bidrage til at komme fødevarekrisen til livs?
Is the food price crisis one that can only be addressed by governments and big corporations, or can people contribute at an individual level?
På kort sigt vil det først og fremmest være en problemstilling for regeringer, der gennem forskellige programmer kan bidrage til at skabe et fornuftigt udbud af fødevarer i de fattige lande.
I think in a very short term this is going to be a matter of government programs to reliably increase food supply in poor countries.
På lang sigt vil vores madvaner, og den måde som vi lever på, spille en rolle.
Over time the way we live and our food habits play a role.
Et stort forbrug af kød medfører et pres på fødevaresystemet.
Everybody knows that it takes 8 kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of red meat.
Sunde madvaner med mindre rødt kød og flere grønsager og fisk vil være en god løsning for hele kloden.
So by depending on meat in our diets we put a lot of pressure on the food system.
Men i forbindelse med den nuværende krise, kan man fortælle sine regeringer, at man ikke ønsker nogle politikker, der går ud over milliarder af sultne mennesker.
So I think that diets that are healthy for us, that have less red meat and more vegetables and more fish, which may require only 3 kilograms of feed, could be a better trade-off for the whole planet.
Vi ønsker, at regeringerne i EU og USA samt andre regeringer skal hjælpe landmændene i de fattige lande med at få sat gang i fødevareproduktionen, så krisen ikke bliver permanent.
But in the immediate crisis right now, I think the role we can play is to tell our governments that we don't want our policies to neglect the urgent needs of a billion hungry poor people; that we want to see Europe and the US and other governments helping farmers in poor countries to increase the food supply so that this crisis doesn't persist.
20080505STO28114 Info om fødevarekrisen (på engelsk) Udvalget om Udvikling MEPs debate rising food prices and biofuels (på engelsk) UN Millennium Development Goals (på engelsk)
20080505STO28114 Food and health crisis: Jeffrey Sachs urges pragmatic measures Development Committee Tuesday in plenary: Fear over food prices, 2006 budget, Galileo MEPs debate rising food prices with World Food Programme Chief UN Millennium Development Goals
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Onsdag under EP-samlingen
Wednesday's plenary: Human rights, election observation and Georgia
Nogle ødelagte huse i Burma der i sidste weekend blev ramt af en cyklon
Parliament's President led tributes to the victims of Burma's cyclone
Hvordan ser det ud med menneskerettighederne i verden, og hvilke lande er ansvarlige for de mest alvorlige overtrædelser?
How do human rights fare in the world today and which countries are responsible for the most serious violations?
Den årlige betænkning om menneskerettigheder var på dagsordenen, da MEP´erne i går mødtes til debat i parlamentssalen.
The annual report on human rights in the world in 2007 was under the spotlight in plenary on Wednesday.
MEP´erne diskuterede også en betænkning om EU´s valgobservationsmissioner, og de udtrykte bekymring over situationen i Georgien.
MEPs discussed a report on election observation and raised concerns about the situation in Georgia.
Menneskerettigheder i verden
Human rights in the world
Hvert år ser Europa-Parlamentet nærmere på emner knyttet til menneskerettighedssituationen i verden.
Every year the EP takes a closer look at a range of issues related to human rights throughout the world.
Under debatten kritiserede flere MEP´er de alvorlige menneskerettighedskrænkelser, der dagligt finder sted i Kina, Rusland og Iran.
During the debate MEP´s especially expressed their concern over the serious human rights violations in China, Russia and Iran .
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi (PSE, Ungarn) sagde, at der i Rusland og Kina findes hundredtusindvis af mennesker, der hverken har adgang til basale sundhedsydelser eller pension.
Csaba Sándor Tabajdifor the PSE group said that in Russia and China hundreds of thousands of people have no accesses to proper social security, pension and basic healthcare.
Betænkningen kritiserer i stærke vendinger, at ytrings- og forsamlingsfriheden i Rusland er blevet yderligere indskrænket i løbet af 2007.
The report stresses that freedom of expression and assembly, continued to deteriorate in Russia in 2007.
De russiske myndigheders forfølgelse af journalister og politiske modstandere samt landets modvilje mod at lade internationale valgobservatører operere i landet blev også stærkt kritiseret under debatten.
The persecution of journalists and political prisoners and Russia's unwillingness to admit election observers was criticised.
MEP´erne gav udtryk for deres bekymring over eskaleringen af konflikten i Georgien - et emne der ekstraordinært var sat på dagsordenen.
The members of the main political groups expressed their concern about the recent escalation of the situation in Georgia - a topic which was added to the agenda.
Afslutningsvis udtrykte MEP´erne håb om, at de kommende parlamentsvalg i Georgien den 21. maj vil blive frie og retfærdige.
Finally MEP´s expressed their hope that the parliamentary election in Georgia on 21 May will be free and fair.
MEP´erne diskuterede også en betænkning af José Ignacio Salafranca (EPP-ED, Spanien) og Véronique De Keyser (PES, Belgien), der støtter EU´s valgobservationsmissioner.
MEP´s also discussed a report by José Ignacio Salafranca (EPP-ED) and Véronique de Keyser (PES) which supports the EU's observation missions, underlining how crucial they are, especially in developing countries.
José Ignacio Salafranca opfordrede under debatten EU til i højere grad at "tale med én stemme" på den globale arena.
It urges all EU institutions and Member States to continue their efforts to adopt such a strategy.
Han beskrev EU-missioner som "et godt værktøj" til at markere Unionens globale lederskab indenfor dette område.
José Ignacio Salafranca stressed during the debate the need to "speak with one voice" on the global arena and described the EU-missions as a "good tool" to reinforce the Unions global leadership in this field.
Kommissær for udenrigsanliggender og naboskabspolitik Benita Ferrero-Waldner understregede, at demokrati er en afgørende forudsætning for at menneskerettigheder overholdes.
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner underlined on behalf of the Commission, that democracy is a vital pre-condition for human rights.
Hun beskrev EU´s valgobservationsmissioner som "en stor succes" og tilføjedde at disse missioner bidrager til EU´s evne til at tale med én stemme.
She described the EU´s observations missions as a "big success for The European Union" and added that these missions contribute to the Union's ability to speak with one voice globally.
Andre emner
The euro turns 10
I anledning af tiårsdagen for beslutningen om at introducere euroen diskuterede MEP´erne Den Økonomiske og Monetære Union.
On the 10th anniversary of the decision to introduce the euro, MEPs also discussed Economic and Monetary Union.
20080505STO28115 Info om Burma Info on Georgia (på engelsk) Direkte transmission Interview og betænkning af Cappato Ugens ord: Valgobservation Betænkning om menneskerettigheder
20080505STO28115 Burma Georgia Watch plenary live Agenda report on human rights
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Immigrationsdirektiv til debat
Illegal immigration: journalists quiz MEPs on emerging deal
Forhandlingerne om ordlyden af teksten er nu gået ind i en afgørende fase.
Immigration images - rules of return being considered
I onsdags fik journalister mulighed for at stille spørgsmål til MEP´erne om situationen på et seminar arrangeret af Parlamentet.
Immigration is one of the most pressing and sensitive issues the countries of the European Union have to face.
I onsdags afholdte Europa-Parlamentet et seminar for journalister om EU´s immigrationspolitik.
In June MEPs must vote on a directive which will set out common rules and procedures for the return of illegal migrants.
Kommissionsudspillet fra 2005 sigter mod oprettelsen af fælles regler og procedurer for hjemsendelse af illegale immigranter i EU.
MEPs and EU Ministers in the Council have already changed the original 2005 proposals by the Commission.
Parlamentets ordfører på direktivet er tyskeren Manfred Weber (EPP-ED).
On 7 May a number of Members laid out their very different views on how Europe should proceed to journalists in a seminar organised by parliament's press service.
Diskussionerne under seminaret var centreret omkring et muligt kompromis mellem Parlamentet og Ministerrådet.
The June vote by the full House is necessary as under the codecision procedure parliament and the Council have equal legislative weight.
Et sådan kompromis vil kræve simpelt flertal i Parlamentet og et kvalificeret flertal i Ministerrådet.
A group of MEPs have been negotiating the text with the Council over the past few months to reach a compromise.
Ensartede procedurer for hjemsendelser
What a possible compromise deal could consist of
I kompromisudspillet indgår et forslag om tilbageholdelsen af de indsatte maksimalt må være 6 måneder, dog med mulighed for en forlængelse på op til 12 måneder.
It could also say that immigrants could be held for up to 6 months with a possible extension of a further 12 months - countries that have shorter detention periods will be able to keep them.
Uenighed om en fælles position
MEPs differ on way forward
Under seminaret var der meget forskellige opfattelser af kompromisudspillet.
In the seminar MEPs set out their views to assembled journalists with clear divergences of views emerging.
Men det mudrede kompromisforslag mødte skarp modstand fra blandt andre Claudio Fava (PES, Italien) og Giusto Catania (GUE/NGL, Italien).
However, the mooted compromise met sharp opposition from Italian MEP Claudio Fava on behalf of the Socialist PES group and his fellow countryman Giusto Catania for the GUE/NGL group.
De mente, at forslaget ville berøve immigranter og asylansøgere deres personlige frihed og medføre fængselsstraffe på et alt for tyndt grundlag.
They saw it as depriving immigrants of their personal freedom and applying prison punishment to them for administrative breaches.
Jean Lambert (De Grønne, Storbritannien) var også skeptisk i forhold til forslaget om at forbyde afviste asylansøgere indrejse i EU.
British Green MEP Jean Lambert also expressed concerns over the proposal, for example regarding transit countries and the re-entry ban.
Parlamentet forventes at skulle debattere og stemme om direktivet til juni.
Delicate negotiations will continue with the parliament due to debate and vote on a final agreement when it meets in Strasbourg for its June session.
20080505STO28116 Full programme of the seminar (på engelsk) Weber betænkningen (på engelsk) Banker på Europas port - EP-delegation i Danmark Manfred Weber
20080505STO28116 Weber report Knocking on Europe's door - A delegation to Denmark Civil Liberties Committee substantially amends proposal on forced return of illegal immigrants
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