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Jeg husker kun, at allerede i 1979 konstatere­de de »tre vismænd« i deres rapport om de europæi­ske institutioner, hvordan Kommissionens rolle hav­de registreret en tilbagegang i forhold til det niveau af prestige og autoritet, som var kendetegnende for den­ne institution i Fællesskabets første år.
The European Parliament has repeatedly made its views clear on the things that were treated with disdain or disregarded or trodden underfoot in Dublin, and it has considered them to be an obligation binding on all of us.
Og i øvrigt gik der forud for de »tre vismænds« rapport en betænk­ning af lord Reay om de interinstitutionelle forbin­delser i maj 1978, også udarbejdet for det politiske udvalg, og hvori man specielt tog fat på emnet Kom­missionens udnævnelse.
If we want the Community to be consistent towards the countries of the Third World, it must first be consistent here at home.
Ja, ærede kolleger, det beslutningsforslag, som vi skal til at behandle og stemme om, ligger på linje med disse holdninger og med en anden tidligere meget anset, som jeg dog lige vil erindre om : det drejer sig om den passus i Wedel­betænkningen, hvori der, selv om man udelukker muligheden af, at Europa­Parla­mentet udnævner Kommissionens medlemmer, til­lægges Parlamentet en beføjelse til at deltage i afgø­relsen, for at det sammen med medlemsstaternes re­geringer kan bidrage til at nå målet om en optimal sammensætning af det europæiske udøvende organ.
And when something has been confirmed by joint decisions over the years it is just not on for the controlling countries, which have exceeded the bounds of any legal framework, to go against the decisions of our Parliament and make a total mockery of anything that does not suit their interests. I think that Parliament has the power to rectify things and the shot over the bows with the recent rejection of the budget is a warning that should be taken very seriously.
Han anklager mig for at have påstået, at jeg har ydet et bidrag til den europæiske økonomiske genrejsning, hvor jeg faktisk slet ikke interesserer mig for den.
He accuses me of claiming that I have made some con tribution to European economic recovery when I actually do not care anything about it.
Jeg påstod ikke noget som helst i den tale, jeg holdt i går.
I did not claim anything at all in the speech I made yesterday.
Jeg sagde ganske enkelt, at da jeg havde noget at gøre med programmet for en økonomisk genrejsning — som jeg havde det sammen med fem andre udvalgs­formænd fra forskellige politiske partier — forsøgte jeg at bevare den ånd, som jeg mener, udvalgsfor­mænd bør bevare; jeg forsøgte at bevare en kompro­misets ånd, således at vi alle handlede i fællesskab for at søge at fremme den økonomiske genrejsning.
I simply said that while I had anything to do with the economic recovery programme — which I had with the five other committee chairmen from different political par ties — I tried to keep the spirit which I think committee chairmen should keep; I tried to keep a spirit of
Formanden. — Næste punkt på dagsordenen er for­handling under ét om :
Tabling of motions for resolutions on the European Council: see Minutes.
Kære kolleger, grundene til det politiske udvalgs ini­tiativ er indlysende, og jeg tror, at Parlamentet i vidt omfang kan tilslutte sig dem.
Mr Rogalla (S). — (DE) Mr President, a long Greek minute will also be a long German minute, but basically my intervention is rendered superfluous by the
Formigoni før man foretager den parlamentariske indsættelse af Kommissionen, ville medføre, at den skulle indlede sin indsats uafhængigt af, hvad vor bedømmelse vil blive, idet den nemlig skulle træffe afgørelser af grundlæggende betydning for dens senere virksomhed uden hensyn til Europa-Parlamentets udtalelse.
compromise so that we all acted together to try to help promote economic recovery. I would commend to Mr Seal the spirit that Jacques Moreau and the other chairmen showed if he wants to continue as chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Relations, and have the people who are in that committee working with him.
Vi ønsker at gøre den forbindelse, der er mellem Euro pa-Parlamentet og det udøvende organ, mere snæver.
Well, the motion for a resolution that we are about to examine and then vote on, ladies and gentlemen, is in line with these stated positions and with another authoritative precedent, which I should also like to recall.
Vi i Europa-Parlamentet ønsker også, at Kommissionen — der dog ser sine medlemmer udpeget af med lemsstaternes regeringer — lige fra sin dannelse skal nyde fordel af den støtte og billigelse, som kun den institution, der er repræsentativ for Fællesskabets be folkninger, kan give den.
I refer to the passage in the Wedel report in which, whilst excluding that the members of the Commission should be nominated by the European Parlia ment, it was said that Parliament had co-decisional powers so that it could help, together with the govern ments of Member States, achieved the objective of ensuring that the composition of the European executive should be the best possible one.
Afstemningen om indsættelse af og tillid til den nye Kommission skal — hvis Parlamentet vedtager at udtrykke denne tillid — tjene til i fuldt omfang at genoprette Kommissionens handlefrihed og til at sti mulere dens krative evne, der — i dag mere end nogensinde — er uomgængelig nødvendig i den verdenssammenhæng, hvori Det europæiske Fællesskab handler.
— the report by Mrs Vayssade, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, and the appointment of Lord Cockfield as Mem ber of the Commission of the European Communities and on the interpretation and application of Article 10 of the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities (Treaties, 1985, Article 785) (Doc. 2-1145/84).
Det er derfor, at det politiske udvalg, efter omhyggeligt at have overvejet de forskellige hypoteser, næsten enstemmigt er gået ind for det forslag, at Parlamentet allerede under mødeperioden i januar 1985 skal udtale sig straks efter redegørelsen for hovedlinjerne i Kommissionens program.
Ladies and gentlemen, the reasons underlying the initiative of the Political Affairs Committee are obvious and, I believe, can have the wide agreement of this Assembly.
Og det er dette aspekt, kære kolleger, som jeg i ganske særlig grad vil henlede Deres opmærksomhed på i dag.
The Political Affairs Committee, moreover, approved this motion for a resolution by a very large majority.
Nu under denne mødeperiode skal vi bestemme de konkrete nærmere omstændigheder, hvorunder vi vil udtrykke eller ikke udtrykke vor tillid til den nye Kommission, vi foretager indsættelse af den, dvs. vi giver den den demokratiske repræsentativitets velsignelse.
As the European Parliament, we wish to know the guidelines for the Commission's political action programme, before giving it our approval.
Kære kolleger, jeg vil også tilføje, at i virkeligheden indfører de foreliggende beslutningsforslag ikke noget element, der er absolut nyt for Parlamentet.
And we want, definitely, to make closer the relationship between the European Parliament and the executive.
Allerede over for den forudgående Kommission, som hr. Thorn blev udpeget til formand for, udtrykte Parlamentet sig under plenarmødet den 12. februar 1981 på følgende måde: »godkender indsættelsen af Kom missionen«, idet Parlamentet samtidig anmodede om i fremtiden at blive deltager i udnævnelsen af med lemmerne af Kommissionen i forbindelse med dens fornyelse.
We, the European Parliament, also want the Commission — whose members are still designated by the Governments of Member States — to enjoy, from the day that it is constituted, the support and agreement that only the institution that represents the peoples of the Community can give it.
Endelig, kære kolleger, vil jeg gerne drage fordel af disse sidste øjeblikke af mit indlæg til at bruge et par ord på det forslag, som det politiske udvalg stiller med hensyn til de nærmere omstændigheder, hvorunder medlemmerne af den nye Kommission skal af lægge ed for Domstolen.
Mr Formigoni (PPE), rapporteur. — (IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the motion for a resolution that is before us today was drawn up by me on behalf of the Political Affairs Committee of which I have the honour to be Chairman.
Dette forslag stilledes i det politiske udvalg af hr. Hänsch, . der er første næstformand i det politiske udvalg, og jeg vil gerne udtrykke min anerkendelse af det for standige og forudseende i denne tanke, som det poli tiske udvalg har tilstluttet sig med meget stort flertal.
It concerns one of the institutional problems that has been most debated within our Parliament, namely the relationship that links our institution with the Commission, the executive arm of the Community.
Hvad er betydningen af dette forslag?
It is a question that, in my view, is of the utmost importance to the furtherance of the process of integration between Member States.
Det er at give indsættelsen af den nye Kommission en højtidelig karakter, der er synlig for den europæiske offentlige opinion, som Fællesskabet — det er vi mange, der længe har sagt gentagne gange — alt for ofte viser nedslående scener, der bestemt ikke er opbyggelige.
In this way we intend to oppose a tendency, which is, alas! widespread, that seeks to reduce the Commission's role to the execution of merely technical or secretarial office functions, increasingly reducing its political and operational capability.
Den højtidelige indsættelse her i Strasbourg med af læggelsen af eden over for Domstolen i nærværelse af Europa-Parlamentet ville derimod være et positivt skue, der kunne give Europa nyt håb.
The vote of investiture and confidence in the new Commission — if Parliament decides to accord it that vote — will fully reconstitute the independence of action of the Commission and stimulate its creative capacity, which is indispensible — today more than ever before — in the context of the world in which the European Community has to act.
Ja, indsættelsen af Kommissionen, som dengang kun ne fortolkes som et hidtil ukendt, og jeg vil næsten sige irrelevant udtryk i forbindelserne mellem det udøvende organ og Parlamentet, bliveri dag en poli tisk set konkret procedure, som vil kunne kodificeres af Parlamentet i kraft af den beslutning, vi skal udtale os om.
Ladies and gentlemen, I should like also to add that, in reality, the motion for a resolution that is before us today does not introduce any absolutely new element from our Parliament's point of view.
Naturligvis er det nødvendigt, at vi alle, eller i det mindste flertallet af os, nu er enige om faserne i denne parlamentariske indsættelsesprocedure. I det politiske udvalg var der oprindelig to forskellige ten denser med hensyn til dette spørgsmål.
Already where the previous Commission was concerned — of which Mr Thorn was appointed President — our Parliament, at its plenary session of 12 February 1981, expressed itself in these terms: 'approves the investiture of the Commission', asking at the same time to be given a share, in the future, in the appointment of members of the Commission on the occasion of its renewal.
Hvorfor foreslår vi denne procedure?
This is an aim that, already on other occasions, has been the concern of our Assembly.
Fordi det fore kommer os hensigtsmæssigt, at Europa-Parlamentet straks udtrykker sin enighed eller uenighed med den nye Kommission. At vente en måned eller ligefrem to
I should like to refer to all of these occasions, because they are all important, but that is obviously not possible.
Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne tilføje, at denne tanke har vundet begejstret tilslutning fra den skrevne presses og fjernsynets journalister, hvorimod tanken om at forkaste forslaget, som jeg dog har hørt cirkulere blandt visse medlemmer af Parlamentet, har frem kaldt den største bekymring blandt disse journalister.
I would recall only that, in 1979, the 'Three Wise Men', in their report on the European Institutions, observed that the rôle of the Commission had declined, compared with the level of prestige and authority that characterized this institution in the first years of the Community's existence.
Nogle af dem, og der er tale om journalister af for skellige nationaliteter, har ligefrem standset mig for at spørge, om vi tilfældigvis skulle være så tossede at forkaste dette forslag.
And, moreover, the report of the 'Three Wise Men' had already been preceded in May 1978, by a report by Lord Reay on interinstitutional relations, which was also presented on behalf of the Political Affairs Committee, and spe
Jeg vil dog gerne gentage det udtryk, man har brugt, selv om det måske ikke er særlig forskriftsmæssigt: man spurgte mig »om vi var
Well, the investiture of the Commission, which at that time could have been interpreted as an unpublished,
Hr. formand, jeg kan ikke andet end fuldt ud tilslutte mig denne opfattelse hos journalisterne og håbe, at flertallet af Parlamentets medlemmer vil vedtage vort forslag i dets helhed.
Political Affairs Committee, to whom I very willingly acknowledge the intelligence and farsightedness of this idea, which the Political Affairs Committee adopted by a very wide majority.
Det vedtoges med flertal af retsudvalget.
What is the idea behind this proposal?
Vayssade (S), ordfører. — (FR) Hr. formand, kære kolleger, den betænkning, som jeg i dag forelægger for Dem på retsudvalgets vegne, falder, vil jeg tro, nøje i tråd med det, hr. Formigoni netop sagde: i størst muligt omfang at styrke Kommissionens handleevne ved gennem den betænkning, vi forelægger, at sikre dens fulde uafhængighed.
It is to give the appointment of the new Commission a solemn character that will be evident to European public opinion, which the Community — as so many of us have been repeating for so long, now — all too often regales with scenes that are discouraging and certainly not edifying. The solemn investiture here at Strasbourg, with the Commission being sworn in by the Court before the European Par liament, would on the other hand be a welcome scene, capable of bringing new hope to Europe.
Jeg skal oplyse, at et stort mindretal ikke delte denne opfattelse, idet det ikke mente, at det var muligt at give afkald på mandatet som medlem af overhuset, og at orlov derfra ikke var tilstrækkeligt.
and I would say almost irrelevant, expression in the relationship between the executive and the Parliament, today becomes a politically concrete procedure, which can be codified by Parliament on the basis of the resolution on which we are to vote.
Jeg mener imidlertid, at den fortolkning, som retsudvalget fore slår Dem — for øvrigt i overensstemmelse med andre af Fællesskabets juridiske tjenestegrenes fortolkning — er den rigtigste.
Naturally, all of us, or at least the majority of us, must now be in agreement on the stages of this Parliamentary investiture procedure.
Vi bør dog fortsat være årvågne, hver gang der melder sig et spørgsmål, der kunne drage Kommissionens uafhængighed i tvivl.
In the Political Affairs Committee there were initially two lines of thought on this subject.
I artikel 10 i fusionstraktaten anføres der tre forud sætninger for medlemskab af Kommissionen for De europæiske Fællesskaber: duelighed, fuld sikkerhed for uafhængighed og statsborgerskab i en af medlems staterne.
After a great deal of hard work, and after having had an exhaustive and very fruitful meeting with President Delors on the subject, the Political Affairs Committee of the European Parliament approved by a wide majority the motion that we are submitting to you today, namely that the debate in the partsession of January 1985, on the Commission's programme, be concluded with the vote of investiture and confidence, if the statement presented by the Commission meets with the approval of the members of the European Parliament.
Prag (ED). - (EN) Hr. formand, kan De oplyse, hvad der vil ske med denne forhandling om dette særligt vigtige spørgsmål?
I should like to add, Mr President, that this idea was received most enthusiastically by the press and television, whereas the idea of rejecting the motion, which I heard circulating among a few members of the Parlia ment, provoked the greatest dismay amongst members of those two sections of the media.
Vi nærmer os nu kl. 19.00, hvor spørgetiden ifølge mine oplysninger skal påbegyndes.
Some of them, journalists of various nationalities, even stopped me to ask whether we were not out of our minds to think of rejecting this motion.
Jeg ville gerne vide, på hvilken dagsorden den resterende del af forhandlingen er opført.
I will go so far as to repeat the expression that was used, even though it is perhaps not quite in order: they asked me 'if we were mad' — they said 'vous êtes complètement fous' to think of reject ing the proposal for this solemn swearing-in.
Formanden. — Jeg skal her afbryde forhandlingen.
Why do we propose this procedure?
Den vil blive genoptaget i morgen aften efter behandlingen af Wieczorek-Zeul-betænkningen.
Mr President, I can only agree wholeheartedly with this view of the journalists, and I hope that the major ity of the members of our Parliament will approve of our motion in its entirety.
Vi mener dog i retsudvalget, at det forhold, at man tilhører en medlemsstats lovgivende myndighed, er uforeneligt med den uafhængighed, der kræves af et kommissionsmedlem, og at man i påkommende tilfælde, således som det flere gange er sket i den forløbne tid ikke mindst for med lemmer af Kommissionen, der har stillet op til valg,, enten må beslutte sig til at indtræde i Kommissionen eller til at udtræde af den.
Mrs Vayssade (S), rapporteur. — (FR) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the report that I have to present to you today on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights is, I believe, entirely con sistent with what Mr Formigoni has just been talking about, in that it seeks to maximize and strengthen the Commission's capacity for action by ensuring its complete independence.
I den i dag foreliggende sag om en af Storbritannien udnævnt kommissær, der er medlem af overhuset, består der altså et problem, idet lord Cockfield er livsvarigt medlem af overhuset.
I should like to emphasize that it is not a question of our establishing here and now whether we shall accept or not accept the new Commission's proposed programme.
Han har derfor ingen mulighed for at nedlægge sit mandat, hvilket kunne have ladet sig gøre, hvis han havde været medlem af en anden forsamling.
This we shall have to do, and it will certainly not be easy, in the month of January.
Vil det sige, at han er medlem af en medlemsstats lovgivende forsamling og derfor ikke kan være med lem af Kommissionen for De europæiske Fællesskaber? ber?
What we have now to decide, in this partsession, is the definite procedure by which we shall grant or withhold our confidence in the new Commission and will formalize its appointment, giving it the official blessing of democratic representativeness.
Formanden. — Listen over emner til debatten om aktuelle og uopsættelige spørgsmål, der finder sted torsdag den 13. december, er udarbejdet i overens stemmelse med forretningsordenens artikel 48, stk. 2.
Finally, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to use these last few moments of my speaking time to say a word about the proposal put forward by the Political Affairs Committee, regarding the procedure whereby the members of the new Commission are called upon to be sworn in by the President of the European Court of Justice.
(Formanden bekendtgjorde listen over opførte emner) (i).
We ask that the new commissioners shall take on this solemn commitment here, in the Chamber of the European Parliament at Strasbourg.
I henhold til artikel 48, stk. 2, andet afsnit, i forretningsordenen skal eventuelle skriftligt begrundede indsigelser mod denne liste, som kan rejses af en poli tisk grupper eller mindst 21 medlemmer, være indgivet inden i morgen, onsdag den 12. december kl. 15.00, og afstemningen om disse indsigelser finder sted uden forhandling i morgen kl. 15.00.
The Treaty gives no other details about these require ments and, in particular, there is no list of incompatibilities such as the list applicable in the case of Mem bers of this Parliament.
Retsudvalgets flertal mener, at denne orlovsløsning er i overensstemmelse med traktatens krav, og at lord Cockfield, dersom han ansøgte om orlov, ville afbry
We nevertheless felt, in the Committee on Legal Affairs, that membership of a Member State's legislature was incompatible with the independence to be expected from a Member of the Commission and that where such an incompatibility arose — as in several instances in the past, notably in the case of Members of the Commission wishing to stand in elections — one had to decide either to join the Commission or to withdraw.
Formanden. — Hr. Formigoni, som bekendt er det grupperne — eller rettere sagt gruppeformændene — som vedtager rækkefølgen.
In the case that we are discussing today, involving one of the Commissioners nominated by the United King dom, who is a member of the House of Lords, there was therefore a problem, and this problem was referred to us for examination.
Som De netop har hørt, kan der i henhold til artikel 48 fremføres indsigelser inden i morgen onsdag, kl. 15.00.
Lord Cockfield is a member of the House of Lords, and he is a member of the House of Lords for life.
Afstemningerne om disse indsigelser finder sted under forhandling på samme tidspunkt.
He is therefore not in a position to resign, which would be an option in differ ent circumstances or in the case of membership of other assemblies.
Kommissionens reaktion på Parlamentets udtalelser
Topical and urgent debate (announcement)
Jeg tror ikke, at det behøver overraske nogen i betragtning af, at dette var et nyt system, som skulle indføres på forholdsvis kort tid og derfor også giver nogle indkøringsvanskeligheder.
Does this then mean that he is a member of the legislature of a Member State and therefore disqualified from being a Commissioner of the European Communities? nities?
Dermed har den bibeholdt den tidligere beslutning om, at det ved den første betaling, følgelig nu senest 14. december 1984, kun er nødvendigt at betale 50% af beløbet.
President. — Pursuant to Rule 48(2) of the Rules of Procedure the list of subjects for the topical and urgent debate for the sitting of 13 December has been drawn up.
Formanden. — Næste punkt på dagsordenen er Kom missionens meddelelse om dens reaktion på Europa-Parlamentets udtalelser og beslutninger (')·
(The President read out the list of subjects)1
Med hensyn til udviklingen af mælkeproduktionen kan jeg sige, at der er sket vigtige fremskridt i retning af det mål, som var sat for 1984/85, nemlig et fald i mælkeleverancerne til 1981-niveauet plus 2%.
On a closer examination of his position in the light of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, we found that Standing Order No 20 allows members of the House of Lords to take leave of absence, on request, so that for a time they have nothing to do with the business of the House, attending no sittings, not voting, and therefore taking no part in the legislative pro cess.
I pe rioden april/oktober 1984 lå mælkeleverancerne 3,4% lavere end det tilsvarende niveau i det foregående år og i september og oktober henholdsvis 5% og 7% lavere.
Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Rule 48(2) any objections to this list which must be supported by at least 21 Members or a political group and submitted in writing, setting out the reasons, must be forwarded before 3 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, 12 December.
Endnu mere lovende er det bemærkelsesværdige fald i produktionen af smør og skummetmælkspulver.
The vote on the objections will be taken, without debate, tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Simmonds (ED). — (EN) Fru formand, jeg vil gerne først lykønske hr. Andriessen med hans nye stilling, hvor han på Kommissionens vegne skal besvare landbrugsspørgsmål.
Mr Formigoni (PPE). — (IT) Mr President, I should like to ask for some information.