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Bortset fra de forhandlinger, der finder sted i Rådet, er den lovgivningsproces, vi har i Fællesskabet, faktisk yderst gennemskuelig.
I might point out to him also — and I am delighted that this should be the case — that it is a system which has made the Christian Democratic Party in his country the longest serving party in government now that the Communist Party in the Soviet Union has disappeared. peared.
ikke har for meget af det.
I am delighted to see him here.
Men synes rådsformanden ikke, at vi trænger til noget mere effektivt?
But does the President-in-Office not feel that we need something much more workmanlike?
Regulære kanaler, hvor vi måske kunne have små arbejdsgrupper bestående af alle partier fra et enkelt land, hvor vi virkelig kunne udveksle synspunkter og se på særlige områder af lovgivningen og drage nytte af andres særlige viden og virkelig arbejde sammen for at give en tilstrækkelig og effektiv demokratisk kontrol? Kunne det britiske formandskab ikke skubbe os lidt i denne retning?
Regular channels in which we could have perhaps small single nationality all-party workings groups, where we could really exchange views and examine specific items of legislation and benefit from other people's particular knowledge and really combine to provide adequate and efficient democratic control?
Formanden. — Da spørgeren ikke er til stede, vil spørgsmål nr. 4 blive besvaret skriftligt. ')
GAREL JONES. — I can assure the honourable Member that we will do everything that it would be proper for the presidency to do, though essentially these are matters for parliaments themselves.
Om: Parlamentariske forbindelser
BALFE (S). — Does the President-in-Office accept that in developing relations between the European Parliament and national parliaments, for the two to be acting in concert is a good thing?
Hvilken betydning tillægger Rådet tilvejebringelsen af bedre forbindelser mellem Europa-Parlamentet og de nationale parlamenter, og hvilke foranstaltninger bør der efter Rådets mening trælles for at udvirke en forbedring?
This Parliament is firmly on record as looking forward to the Maastricht Treaty being ratified by Member State parliaments without referendums, without hysterics and in the shortest possible time.
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg kan forsikre det ærede medlem om, at vi vil gøre alt, hvad det er passende for formandskabet at gøre, selv om dette i alt væsentligt er noget, parlamenterne selv må tage sig af.
Will the President-in-Office use his influence to ensure that in all Member States the ratification of Maastricht is put high on the political agenda?
Jeg formoder, at Europa-Parlamentet, ligesom mit og andre medlemsstaters parlamenter, næppe vil sætte pris på at få at vide, hvordan de skal organisere deres eget arbejde.
Hopefully Britain could set an example itself by ratifying this Treaty speedily and maintaining progress towards the sort of Europe which I am sure the presidency and this House want. This would do incalculable good in developing beneficial relations between this parliament and national parliaments.
Til støtte for ovenstående skal jeg kun erindre de ærede medlemmer om den erklæring, der er knyttet til Traktaten om Den Europæiske Union angående den rolle, de nationale parlamenter skal spille, i særdeleshed inden for rammerne af Den Europæiske Union.
If we are able to do that alone, we will have performed a quite significant service to the Community, and I am delighted to hear the honourable Member's warm endorsement of the objective of ratification in our own country, which I know his party shares.
Når det er sagt, så mener jeg, at formandskabet måske kan spille en diskret rolle som en slags kampleder for at få disse ting i stand.
Having said that, I think there may be a discreet role that the presidency can play as a sort of ringmaster to bring these things about.
Det ville jeg gøre på flere forskellige niveauer.
I would do that on a number of levels.
For det første er der en erklæring, der indbyder medlemsstaterne til at sikre, at deres nationale parlamenter først grundigt ser på udkast til Fællesskabets lovgivning, før den bliver forelagt for Rådet.
In the first place there is a declaration that invites Member States to ensure that their own national parliaments should in the first instance scrutinize draft Com munity legislation before it comes to the Council.
Jeg håber meget, at de nationale parlamenter vil anmode deres udøvende organer om at sørge for, at dette sker, for det forekommer mig, at de bidrag, der kan komme fra de nationale parlamenter — en slags andenbehandling af ethvert lovforslag — begynder at inddrage dem i Fællesskabets lovgivningsproces.
I very much hope that national parliaments will ask their executives to ensure that is done, because it seems to me that the input of national parliaments — a sort of second reading stage of any proposed piece of legislation — begins to draw them into the system of European legislation.
Derefter skal Parlamentet og de nationale parlamenter måske overveje — og det er der mulighed for under det britiske formandskab — hvordan den forsamling, der også lægges op til i erklæringen i Traktaten, skal etableres på en sådan måde, at det bliver muligt for parlamentarikere i hele Fællesskabet at samarbejde med Europa-Parlamentet.
Thereafter, perhaps this Parliament and national parliaments may need to consider — and there is an opportunity for this during the British presidency — how the assembly that is also envisaged in the declaration in the treaty should be set up in such a way that it enables parliamentarians throughout the Community to work with this House.
Med hensyn til de fremgangsmåder, der skal tages i brug med henblik herpå, ud over de foranstaltninger, som medlemsstaternes regeringer allerede har truffet for at gøre det lettere at informere de natio nale parlamenter samt gøre det lettere for dem eventuelt at gennemgå Kommissionens lovgivningsarbejde, så påhviler det Parlamentet selv i snævert samarbejde med de nationale parlamenter at afgøre, hvorledes deres indbyrdes forbindelser kan gøres så effektive som muligt.
Would the Council agree that, if the commitments made at the Maastricht European Council, especially those relating to economic and social cohesion, are to be fulfilled, then the proposed 'Delors II' Package should be approved without delay?
Endelig er jeg enig med det ærede medlem. I en ideel verden ville man gerne have særlige udvalg i de nationale parlamenter, som enten rådgav Parlamentet eller modtog råd fra Parlamentet om den lovgivning, de var interesserede i.
Finally, I agree with the honourable Member: in an ideal world one would like to see specialist committees in the national parliaments, either giving advice to this House or receiving advice from this House about legislation that interested them.
Vi får ikke det demokratiske underskud ordentligt afskaffet og de demokratiske institutioner til at fungere rigtigt, før Europa-Parlamentet og de nationale parlamenter lærer at arbejde sammen som en helt naturlig ting.
We are not going to get the democratic deficit properly closed and the democratic institutions functioning properly until this Parliament and national parliaments learn to work together as a matter of course.
Naturligvis kan regeringerne — og det gør Det Forenede Kongeriges faktisk også — spille en betydelig rolle med hensyn til, hvad deres nationale parlament gør.
This enabled an initial discussion to be held at Heads of State and Government level at the recent European Council in Lisbon.
Forslagene vil blive viderebehandlet i løbet af andet halvår med henblik på at nå til enighed ved årets udgang.
view to reaching an agreement at the end of the year.
Det Europæiske Råd har under samlingen den 26.-27. juni 1992 i Lissabon ligeledes bekræftet medlemsstaternes ønske om at få afsluttet forhandlingerne om de fremtidige finan sielle arrangementer i Fællesskabet ved mødet i Edinburgh.
The European Council in Lisbon, on 26 and 27 June, also confirmed the desire of the Member States for the successful conclusion at Edinburgh of the future financing arrangements of the Community.
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg vil tage det ærede med lems ord for, at der ikke findes ekstremistiske partier i hans parlament.
GAREL JONES. — There are two ways of approaching the honourable Member's question.
Det kan jeg ikke stå inde for, men jeg vil tage hans ord for det. Jeg kunne også påpege over for ham — og jeg er meget glad for, at dette er tilfældet — at det er et system, der har gjort Det Kristelig-Demokratiske Parti i hans land til det parti, der har siddet længst i regering, nu hvor det kommunistiske parti i Sovjetunionen er forsvundet.
The first one is perhaps to stand it on its head and say: is it wise or even proper to refuse membership to democracies that are European countries, as is the case in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia?
Cushnahan (PPE). — (EN) Jeg vil gerne byde vor nye rådsformand velkommen her ved hans første fremtræden i Parlamentet og ønske ham og hans regering alt mulig held og lykke med formandskabet, i særdeleshed med at afslutte gennemførelsen og ratificeringen af Maastricht-Traktaten.
CUSHNAHAN (PPE). — I welcome our new President-in-Office in his first appearance before Parliament and wish him and his government all the best during their term of office, not least in bringing to a successful conclusion the implementation and ratification of the Maastricht process.
Balfe (S). — (EN) Er rådsformanden ikke enig i, at når man skal udbygge forbindelserne mellem Parlamentet og de nationale parlamenter, så er det godt, hvis de to parter arbejder sammen.
However, the honourable Member is quite right: these countries, whenever they are in a position to make a proper application for membership of the Community will indeed be cohesion countries with very substantial needs indeed.
Vort parlament har helt klart bevist, at det ser frem til, at Maastricht-Traktaten bliver ratificeret af medlemsstater nes parlamenter uden folkeafstemninger, uden hysteri og så hurtigt som muligt.
The Community today has to recognize that the total cohesion package that we have already, without taking into account what may result as the outcome of the Delors II package, is already considerably in excess of the Marshall Plan after the Second World War, and that year on year.
Vil rådsformanden bruge sin indflydelse til at sørge for, at ratificeringen af Maastricht-Traktaten i medlemsstaterne bliver sat højt på den politiske dagsorden. Forhåbentlig kan Storbritannien selv give et eksempel ved at ratificere denne traktat hurtigt og fastholde udviklingen hen imod det Europa, som jeg er sikker på, at formand skabet og Parlamentet ønsker.
So we must all hope that the structural funds and the new cohesion fund will indeed begin to close the gap between the existing poorer Member States, so that when the three countries the honourable Member has mentioned are ready to accede to membership, we may by then be able to think in terms of devoting some of the resources that we now apply to the cohesion countries within our existing Community towards supporting the entry of those countries.
Dette ville gavne udviklingen af forbindelserne mellem Europa-Parlamentet og de nationale parlamenter umådeligt.
We would all very much hope that by the end of this decade what we now call cohesion countries might well have moved above the 90% figure of the average income of citizens in the Community.
Jeg har noteret mig hans svar, som ikke fortalte os særlig meget.
I note his answer, which did not tell us much.
Jeg er i hvert fald en af dem, der var meget skuffet over resultaterne af Lissabon, og jeg har noteret mig, at det britiske formandskab i sin udtalelse har påpeget, at »Fællesskabets finanser repræsenterer penge på Fællesskabets budget, som er et bidrag fra Europas borgere«.
I am certainly one of the people who were very disappointed with the conclusions of Lisbon and I note that the British presidency in its statement pointed out that 'the Com munity finances represent money in the Community budget contributed by the citizens of Europe'.
Vil rådsformanden ikke erklære sig enig i, at alle Europas borgere bør have lige stor del i fordelene ved den nye velstand, der vil blive skabt gennem det indre marked og Den Økonomiske og Monetære Union?
Would the President-in-Office not accept that all the citizens of Europe should equally share in the benefits, in terms of the new wealth and prosperity that will be created by the single market and indeed the implementation of economic and monetary union?
Hans land og Frankrig og Tyskland, der er de lande, der har holdt sig mest tilbage i forbindelse med forhøjelsen af Fællesskabets budget — som er et umådelig lille budget — er de lande, der vil få de største fordele af den nye velstand.
Indeed, his own country and France and Germany which have been the countries which have balked most at the increase in the Community budget — which is an infinitely small budget — are the countries which will benefit most from the new wealth and prosperity.
Derfor vil vi gerne, mens han er formand, se en større vilje til at benytte strukturfondene og samhørighedspakken til at sikre omfordeling og større social harmoni i hele Fællesskabet.
Therefore, we would like to see during this presidency a greater commitment to using structural funds and indeed the cohesion package as the redistributive mechanism to ensure greater social harmony throughout the European Community.
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg er det ærede medlem meget taknemmelig for hans venlige bemærkninger.
GAREL JONES. — I am extremely grateful to the honourable Member for his kind remarks.
Da han kommer fra Irland, ved han, at en af de ting. der har skabt velstand i det land — efter min mening en af de afgørende ting — er den måde, hvorpå hele øen har draget fordel af det indre markeds muligheder. der.
Coming as he does from Ireland, he will know that one of the motors that has created prosperity in that country — I would argue, a fundamental motor — is the way the whole of that island has taken advantage of the opportunities of the internal market.
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg er helt enig i, hvad det ærede medlem sagde.
McMAHON (S). — I welcome the President-in-Office to the Chamber.
Hvis vi bare kan gøre det, vil vi have gjort Fællesskabet en ganske betydningsfuld tjeneste, og jeg glæder mig over at høre, hvor varmt det ærede medlem tilslutter sig ønsket om en ratifikation i vort land, et ønske, som jeg ved, hans parti deler.
In his first reply he said that he expects the future financing to be completed by the end of the year.
Formanden. — Spørgsmål nr. 6 af Cushnahan (H0702/92):
I take it that this also includes the reform of the structural funds?
Er Rådet enig i, at den foreslåede Delors I I-pakke bor vedtages med det samme, for at de tilsagn, der blev givet af Det Europæiske Råd i Maastricht, især vedrorende den økonomiske og sociale samhørighed, kan opfyldes?
A certain British Foreign Office minister, one Tristan Garel Jones, in two speeches recently, one in Germany and one in the United Kingdom, said it was unlikely that reform of the structural funds would be completed by the end of the year.
Som dens navn angiver, skal den naturligvis have nogle fondsmidler.
GAREL JONES. — Is it my speeches to which the honourable Member refers?
Desuden vil strukturfondene uden tvivl gerne se en vis forøgelse i de næste fire år.
Though I am naturally flattered that he should read my speeches, I can only suggest that he should read them more carefully.
Newton Dunn (PPE). — (EN) Rådsformanden har i sin udtalelse her i eftermiddag gjort det klart, at man vil presse på med at forberede vejen for udvidelser, således at Polen, Tjekkoslovakiet og Ungarn med tiden kan tiltræde Fællesskabet.
Having said that, I would not want the honourable Member to think that the fact that the Lisbon Council did not feel able to take specific decisions on specific amounts of money to be allocated either to the structural funds or to the new Cohesion Fund under the Delors II package means that any of the Member States who were taking part in those discussions do not recognize that part of the Maastricht Treaty involves the setting up of a cohesion fund.
Eftersom disse tre lande er meget fattigere end noget land i Vesteuropa, har man så i Rådet overvejet de omkostninger, der vil være forbundet med faktisk at give disse lande adgang?
As its name indicates, it must of course have some funds.
Er det klogt at gå ind for at optage dem uden faktisk at specificere de enorme udgifter, der er forbundet hermed?
Also the structural funds will no doubt be susceptible to some increase over the next four years.
Udvalget om Miljø- og Sundhedsanliggender og Forbruger beskyttelse havde ønsket, at det 5. handlingsprogram kunne behandles før Rio-konferencen, for at Fællesskabet kunne fremsætte et klart politisk budskab.
Subject: The European Communities Fifth Action Programme on the Environment and Sustainable Development and the UNCED conference in Rio
Kommissionen har meddelt, at dette ikke var muligt af tekniske grunde (ingen oversættelse af det 5. program på alle sprog).
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection hoped that the Fifth action programme could be considered before the Rio conference to enable the Community to take a clear political stance.
Den første er måske at stille det på hovedet og spørge: Er det klogt eller bare rimeligt at nægte medlemskab til demokratier, der er europæiske lande, som det er tilfældet med Polen, Ungarn og Tjekkoslovakiet?
The only thing the Council did not feel able to do at Lisbon was to pick out one or two specific areas of expenditure and put a particular price on them until we have negotiated the total package.
Ikke desto mindre har Rådet på mødet den 26.-27. maj vedtaget konklusionerne i det 5. program (jf- dokument 6770/92-Presse G).
Certainly, economic and social cohesion is part of the Community's objectives, and I do not think any Member State would wish to withdraw from that.
Hvordan kan det være, at de tekniske argumenter, der blev fremført mod Europa-Parlamentet, på mirakuløs vis for svinder, når det drejer sig om Rådet? Kan Rådet forklare denne mangel på konsekvens?
The Commission indicated for technical reasons, that this would not be possible (the fifth programme had not been translated into all the languages).
Garel Jones, formand for Rådet. — (EN) Rådets konklusioner udgør ikke en bindende retsakt sådan som Rådets direktiver, forordninger og beslutninger.
However, at its meeting on 26-27 May, the Council adopted a number of conclusions on the fifth pro gramme (see press release 6770/92-Presse G).
Men det ærede medlem har ganske ret: Når disse lande bliver i stand til at fremsende en rigtig ansøgning om medlemskab af Fællesskabet, vil de faktisk få brug for ganske omfattende støtte fra samhørighedsforanstaltningerne.
NEWTON DUNN (PPE). — The President-in-Office made clear this afternoon in its statement that it was to press forward with preparing the way for enlargement, leading eventually to Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary joining.
Vi må alle meget håbe, at de lande, som vi nu kalder »samhørighedslande«, ved afslutningen af indeværende tiår må være nået op over 90% af den gennemsnitlige indkomst for borgere i Fælles skabet.
Since those three countries are very much poorer than any country in Western Europe, has any thought been given by the Council to the cost of actually letting those countries in?
Det er således ikke noget svar. Efter min mening er det ikke et svar.
Is it wise just to advocate
I sit første svar sagde han, at han forventer, at den fremtidige finansiering vil være på plads inden udgangen af dette år.
How is it that the technical reasons used to counter the European Parliament's request mysteriously dis-
Er han derudover ikke enig med mig i, at dette blot er endnu et eksempel på det hemmelighedskræmmeri, vi tidligere har talt om, og at hvis disse møder var åbne for demokratisk overvågning, så ville alle Europas bor gere være i stand til at se. hvem det var, der var progressive, og hvem der blokerede — hvem, der var noget mindre end progressive?
They are an expression of political will taken by the Council to set down markers for future Community action which for their transposition require a legal act in good and due form within the meaning of the treaties with decisions taken in accordance with the provisions of the treaties.
Bare disse møder var åbne for demokratisk overvågning!
as I understand it the problem was that since a rapid political decision needed to be taken, it was decided by the Council to put out these three texts only in three languages.
I hvert fald har Det Europæiske Råd i Lissabon tilkendegivet, at Fællesskabet nu bør beslutte, hvordan det vil følge de løfter op, der blev givet i Rio.
I likewise consider that the European Community's participation in Rio was not particularly inspired and this may be because we failed to take action in due time.
Som formandskab vil vi helt afgjort drøfte med Kommissionen, hvor dan Fællesskabet kan handle i enighed for at følge de løfter op, der blev givet i Rio.
SMITH, Alex (S). — Would the Minister agree with me that it was the very failure of the environment councils to agree progressive policies on the environment for Rio which led to Commissioner Ripa di Meana boycotting the summit?
Diez De Rivera Icaza (S). — (ES) Hr. rådsformand — af konservativ observans, men ikke desto mindre en god, gammel ven — efter min mening har De ikke besvaret hr. Raffins spørgsmål.
GAREL JONES. — I think the honourable Member is right in one area in that the Community did need to take a political decision before Member States attended the meeting in Rio and that political decision needed to be taken with some speed.
Som ordfører for det 5. handlingsprogram må jeg sige, at emnet er af politisk karakter.
Indeed I would venture to say that the Community had a more coherent position on the various items that were under discussion in Rio than most other Member States or indeed groups of Member States.
Det drejer sig ikke om resultatet af konferencen i Rio, der, som De vil vide, vil blive gjort til genstand for en særskilt debat.
Certainly the European Council in Lisbon has indicated that the Community should now decide how it intends to follow up the undertakings made at Rio.
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg håber, det ærede medlem vil tilgive mig, hvis jeg siger, at jeg altid bliver lidt bange, når jeg hører udtrykket 'progressive politiske initiativer'.
GAREL JONES. — I hope the honourable Member will forgive me if I say that I am always a bit frightened when I hear the term 'progressive policies'.
Men som jeg allerede sagde, er jeg bestemt ikke enig i, at Fællesskabet klarede sig dårligt i Rio.
But I certainly do not agree — as I said before — that the Community put up a bad show at Rio.
Jeg synes faktisk, at Fællesskabet klarede sig ganske godt i Rio.
I think actually the Community did rather well at Rio.
Jeg mener ikke, vi har noget at bebrejde os selv.
I do not think we have anything to reproach ourselves with.
Jeg mener, at Fællesskabet har gjort det klart, at det agter at følge de løfter op. vi alle gav i Rio — og der vil finde drøftelser sted under vort formandskab.
I think the Community has made it clear that it does intend — and discussions will be taking place during our presidency — to follow up the undertakings that we all gave at Rio.
Men det ærede medlem er sikkert også klar over, at beslutninger om miljøanliggender træffes af Parlamentet, Rådet og Kommissionen i forening.
But the honourable Member will also be aware that decisions on environmental matters are taken by Parliament, the Council and the Commission together.
Det er ikke muligt at tage noget individuelt initiativ på dette område.
There is no individual action possible in this matter.
Det er fælles initiativer, som de tre institutioner tager.
They are joint actions taken by the three institutions.
Formanden. — Spørgsmål nr. 9 af Pollack, overtaget af Alex Smith (H-0636/92):
PRESIDENT. — Question No 9 by Mrs Pollack, which has been taken over by Mr Alex Smith (H-0636/92) reduction