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Jeg kan derfor over for Parlamentet bekræfte, at formandskabet deler den opfattelse, at Fællesskabet og dets medlemsstater bør spille en rolle i efterkrigstiden i Golfen.
I should like to stress that the Community and the Twelve are applying a consistent policy with regard to those countries, aimed at creating the conditions for a return to civil peace and national reconciliation, unanimously accepted as the indispensable prerequisite to coming to the aid of the hard-pressed populations of those countries, and so as to enable them to embark on the road to reconstruction and development.
Denne rolle varetages aktivt, ikke blot af grunde der udelukkende har med De Tolv's synlighed at gøre, men af to mere betydningsfulde grunde.
Like yourselves, the Council welcomes the recent agreement
For det første har den senere tids hændelser klart bevist, at stabiliteten i området har vital interesse for Fællesskabet.
Secondly, how does it propose to ensure that sufficient aid goes to those countries ?
For det andet er Europa ved sin globale holdning i stand til ved sine særlige bidrag at yde alle de pågældende lande et tilskud, der så meget desto nemmere accepteres, som det tilbydes af et Fællesskab, der er berettiget til at dialogere uden at udelukke nogen og uden forud gående betingelser.
I recognize that the Community budget cannot do it, but could the Ministers meeting in Political Cooperation not ensure that they have a coordinating role in securing sufficient aid and also that aid is going the people who need it most?
Poos ekstravagancer. Skridtet mod at opgive den nationale suverænitet via stridskræfterne er vel nok større end at opgive den via valutaenheden.
WOHLFART. — (FR) I should like to provide some further information on the question of the famine in Africa.
Derfor vil udformningsfasen kræve tid, men ikke desto mindre bør vi starte.
You arc well aware that in recent months, and even in recent weeks, the European Community has unfortunately been called upon to respond to emergencies, not only in central Europe, but also, as you have just pointed out, in the Gulf crisis, where an effort was made on behalf of the most seriously affected populations in the front-line states, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey.
Ændringsforslagene fra Den Europæiske Demokratiske Gruppe, fra de liberale og fra socialisterne er efter min vurdering fornuftige og realistiske.
scandalous, and will say so openly hete, that in certain developing countries — and this is my profound conviction — it is possible for some leaders to have more money in their bank accounts in Europe than the countty's entire debts to the European countries and the banks.
Vi bør endnu i dag forsøge at harmonisere dem.
I find that quite scandalous.
På dette sted vil jeg gerne komme med en kort henvisning til vort exposé af 13. marts i år om de retningslinjer, som Fællesskabet og dets medlemsstater agter at udarbejde i nært samråd med de direkte berørte lande samt med De Forenede Stater og andre vigtige forhandlingspartnere som Sovjetunionen, Tyrkiet og Iran.
I would also like to remind you of the aid now being granted by the European Community to the Kurdish refugees, amounting to ECU 155 million, as well as the ECU 65 million aid it has just granted to Bangladesh.
Den Vesteuropæiske Union har gentagne gange opfordret os til at indlede et samarbejde.
In future, still fuller account will have to be taken of such emergency aid, and our policy will have to be better targeted.
Vi har ikke reageret tilsvarende venligt. Vore formænd burde mødes og indlede et institutionaliseret samarbejde, således at Det Europæiske Fællesskab fremover kan være mere effektivt inden for sikkerhedspolitik end i forbindelse med Golfkrigen.
I entirely agree that we shall certainly need additional appropriations, and I shall make a point of raising this question at the meeting of the Develop ment Council to be held in Brussels on 27 May, on which I shall be reporting to Parliament's Committee on Development the following day.
Det uformelle Europæiske Råd i Luxembourg af 8. april i år gav Fællesskabet og dets medlemsstater lejlighed til på højeste plan at danne sig et overblik over situationen og udsigterne for den samt over vor aktions kommende udvikling.
That is a fact, and I think it is time, as you suggest, for the Community, its Member States and the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure better coordination of our efforts, because a good deal of money is being disbursed.
Stats- og regerings cheferne foretog en grundig gennemgang af Fælles skabets rolle i denne nye fase, som viser, at freden er lige så svær at vinde som krigen.
Coordination of aid and transparency are absolutely essential if we are to help those in need of aid, namely, the local populations.
Christopher Jackson (ED). — (EN) Hr. formand, Det Europæiske Fællesskab er længe blevet kaldt en økonomisk kæmpe, men en politisk pygmæ.
I think we all share the desire to make a considerable effort in that direction.
Til trods for det politiske fremskridt, der er sket — og Rådets formand mindede os i forbindelsen med kohæsion under Den Europæiske Fælles Akt om, at fremskridtet var betragteligt — så forholder det sig således, at Det Europæiske Fællesskabs politiske magt på sikkerhedsområdet ikke har svaret til den økonomiske fremgang eller til forventningerne rundt omkring i verden.
I can also tell you that, with regard to the future political union that is in the process of being drafted, the proposals by the Presidency take account of the need to achieve better coordination, not only of the Community's development policy, but also between the Community and the efforts of its Member States. I entirely share your opinion, and I think that the very credibility of development aid is at stake.
Holzfuss (LDR). — (DE) Hr. formand, hvis det i Rådet allerede er besluttet, at udenrigs- og sikker hedspolitikken i forbindelse med videreførelsen af EF-Traktaterne skal integreres i Fællesskabets ansvarsområde, så er det på allerhøjeste tid, at Parlamentets forestilling om den europæiske sikker hedspolitik forelægges på regeringskonferencerne, for udkastene til en ny formulering er jo for længst udarbejdet, som også rådsformanden har bekræftet det over for os.
HABSBURG (PPE). — (DE) Mr President, you have mentioned various points, but you have not commented on Mr Cooney's point, namely the question, which will eventually have to be squarely faced, of why our development aid and our aid in general is in such a shocking state at present.
Nu er vi endelig så vidt, og man må sige, at det måske ville have været bedre med lidt mindre, tilsyneladende også eftersom i alfabetets 28 bogstaver ikke engang var nok til begrundelsen.
We ought not to forget that there were no famines as long as the Europeans were in Africa. It is only since then that famines have broken out.
Efter månedlange drøftelser nu også tillige 55 ændringsforslag, deraf alene 29 fra hr. Langer.
And wc should not fotget, eithet, that out development aid has reached channels where it simply has no business to me.
Meget grønt i naturen kan jo være ganske godt, men i relation til sikkerhedspolitikken er det dog for det meste ønskedrømme.
So I should like to ask whether it is not high time for the Council, and the Community too, to look into the question of how this development aid should be organized so that it may benefit people and no longer just seep away.
Golfkrigen viste alt for klart, at Fællesskabet mangler en vigtig dimension i øjeblikket.
ROBLES PIQUER (PPE). — (ES) While warmly welcoming what I have just heard, words which one does not often hear from the lips of a member of a government, I would like to put a supplementary question.
Kritikken af Fællesskabets utilstrækkelige militære indsats var selvfølgelig grundløs, for den manglende indsats lå ikke på Det Europæiske Fællesskabs niveau af den simple grund, at Det Europæiske Fællesskab ikke har nogen myndighed eller forfatningsmæssig hjem mel til at handle militært.
And it gives two items of information: the first, that Mr Mobutu Sese Seko, who has been President of Zaire since a coup d'état many years ago, has a personal fortune variously estimated at between 300 million and 5 000 million dollars ; the second, that, on account of its failure to show basic respect for human rights, international aid in an amount of approximately 200 million dollars annually has been withdrawn from Zaire.
Derfor så vi det triste syn med meget forskelligartet respons: Nogle lande sendte våben og mandskab til krigen for at befri Kuwait, nogle deltog i blokaden, nogle bidrog med kontanter, nogle gjorde ikke noget.
Consequently, has the European Community withdrawn from Zaire any aid from its development funds as a result of the human rights problems to which Mr Cooney and others have referred ?
Der var endog den besynderlige episode, hvor den Belgiske for svarsminister havde held til at forbyde salg af ammunition til Storbritannien, som havde brug for den i Golfen.
WOHLFART. — (FR) I entirely share the concerns that the honoutable Member has just voiced, given that in my own country I am also responsible for the development and cooperation portfolio.
Jeg ved, at mange af mine belgiske kolleger var lige så rasende, som vi var. Men det virkede kaotisk.
Can one simply conclude that in the past the fault has been entirely on the side of the Member States of the Community or of the Community itself?
Bedst egnet hertil fore kommer mig med hensyn til en harmonisering af den europæiske sikkerhedspolitik inden for Atlantpagten i øjeblikket at være Den Vesteuropæiske Union.
WOHLFART. — (FR) I am not going to refer specifically to the case of Zaire, although I am grateful to the honourable Member for referring to the tragedy of that country.
Vi bør følge den og påvirke den gennem samarbejde og så, når vi er modne til den europæiske sikkerhedsog forsvarspolitik, bør vi overtage opgaverne.
He cited a figure with regard to the fortune of the president in question ; but I myself have a different figure, substantially higher than the one you have just cited.
Situationen er dog ikke statisk.
That is even more scandalous.
Det er ikke udelukket, at vi i år 2000 vil have en befolkning på over 400 millioner og en årlig nationalindkomst godt over USA's. I Europa sker der også grundlæggende ændringer uden for Fællesskabet, for eksempel i Sovjetunionen.
But I must candidly admit that if you put this question to me with regard to a specific countty, I would not be able to tell you, on behalf of the Council, what sanctions have been applied by the Community or the Commission.
Der er indlysende modstande og manglende stabilitet i Middelhavsområdet.
I can only reply in my personal capacity and on behalf of my own country.
Hvorledes ville Det Europæiske Fællesskab reagere, hvis
But all the same, I hope I can also speak
Vi sidder alle tolv lande i samme båd, og den, der fremover gerne vil ombord, må aflægge sig sine
There can be no doubt, and I am entirely in agreement with you here, that, for our part — and if I say 'fot our part', I include all Member States — wc have not always sought to ensure that the money released is disbursed for projects of benefit to the population itself. But I find it
Vi var glade for, at høre rådsformanden sige, at dette synspunkt generelt deles af Rådet.
WOHLFART. — (FR) I would say to Mrs Sandbæk that we are both in the same position.
Vi takker hr. Poettering for betænkningen og for hans udmærkede arbejde.
I am sorry, Mrs Sandbæk, but I can add nothing more to what I have just told you.
Vi glæder os til at støtte betænkningen. gen.
I am sorry, but that is how it is.
Alt dette kræver, at Det Europæiske Fællesskab må have en kapacitet på sikkerhedsområdet, som det fremgår af hr. Poetterings betænkning.
for other countries. I am convinced, as the minister responsible for development cooperation in my country, that in future we shall have to take account of two factors in our aid, which will be bilateral.
Spørgsmålet er: Hvad slags kapacitet og hvilken form for kontrol; hvilket forhold til NATO; hvorledes skal Kom missionen og Parlamentet være involveret; hvilken type flertalsafstemning?
The first, which is fundamental and by which all of you in this House set great store, is respect for human rights and democratization.
Vi begynder med subsidiaritetsprincippet — at Fællesskabet kun skal handle der, hvor tingene gøres bedre i fællesskab end af medlemslandene enkeltvis. Konklusionen er klar.
It is not for nothing that we are currently witnessing a veritable tearing apart of the African continent, largely because of failure to respect human rights and violations of those rights.
En ren mellemstatslig frem gangsmåde kan ikke have den sammenhæng og evne til hurtig reaktion, som er påkrævet i militære anliggender. gender.
PRESIDENT. — I have to say, Mrs Sandbæk, that I also find the term 'collective agreements' confusing, so perhaps you would care to explain exactly what you mean and the Council may be in a better position to give you an answer.
Langer (V). — (DE) Hr. formand, kære kolleger, hr. formand for Kommissionen, jeg beklager, at de to betænkninger fra hr. Poettering og fru van den Brink forhandles under ét. På en eller anden måde har de ikke fortjent det.
Secondly, in its bilateral aid, my country is not only going to give priority to countries that are making efforts to achieve democratization and a pluralist system of parties and trade unions, that is, a true democracy; it is also going to take account of the budgetary efforts that those countries are willing to make in the area of defence.
De passer heller ikke sammen, selv om det måske er ganske godt, at vi så at sige kan afveje dem mod hinanden.
By spending less on defence, those countries could usefully invest a lot of money in their domestic economies.
På den ene side har vi betænkningen fra fru van den Brink, hvor der er udarbejdet en europæisk politik for Middel havsområdet.
My country is thus, in any case, going to take still fuller account of those two factors than it does at present.
Vi kan sige, at der her gøres forsøg på at udforme indholdet til en fælles udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitik i et for Europa følsomt område.
PRESIDENT. — As the authors are not present, Questions Nos 3 and 4 will be answered in writing. '
Det finder vi positivt.
PRESIDENT. — Question No 5 by Mrs Sandbæk (H-0407/91)
Omvendt ser vi med knap så venlige øjne på betænk ningen fra hr. Poettering, selv om den er filet noget til, og selv om vi stadig forsøger det.
When can we expect Community collective agree ments to be introduced in the Member States ?
Hr. Holzfuss, De må altså fortsat affinde Dem med, at vi også her i salen forsøger at stille ændringsforslag. Betænkningen går imidlertid i en retning, som vi alt i alt ikke er positive overfor, og som vi også finder betænkelig.
SANDBÆK (ARC). — (DA) The Council says it cannot answer, and that must be because my question was not clear.
Men problemerne er også indlysende. Irland er traditionelt neutral.
I know that at the meeting which took place a few days ago it was mentioned that we should now have European collective agreements.
Nogle medlemmer af Fællesskabet er medlemmer af NATO, andre ikke.
From that point of view my question has been answered by the papers in the past few days because it has been taken up in the meantime.
Nogle deltager i NATO's militære fløj.
I put my question down long before the Luxembourg Presidency took this whole problem up.
Andre, som er medlemmer af NATO, gør det ikke.
So you can say that to that extent my question has become superfluous, since it was discussed at the last Foreign Ministers' meeting.
Nogle er i WEU, andre ikke. Men NATO er efter vor mening afgørende for sikkerheden i Europa.
Common Community agreements are to be allowed, possibly with a superstructure since the Commission is drafting a directive as a superstructure to a common European agreement.
Vort samar bejde med De Forenede Stater i NATO er også grundlæggende.
I would actually have taken over Mr Bonde's question instead, because my own has already been answered — not by the Council, but by the papers.
Efterhånden som Fællesskabet udvides, vil der opstå nye problemer.
PRESIDENT. — The problem was one of translation.
Nogle af de potentielle medlems lande bekender sig til neutralitet.
The question should have referred to collective bargaining.
Dette giver en anden type problem.
Can the Council now give an answer?
Min gruppe forestiller sig således, at en sikkerheds politik skulle kunne indpasses i de eksisterende alliancer, især med NATO som under USA's ledelse har været og vil forblive en afgørende garant for fred i Europa.
WOHLFART, President-in-Office of the Council. — (FR) If the honourable Member's question refers to the transposition into Member States' law of the agree ments concluded by the Community with one or several non-member states or an international organization, article 228 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applicable.
Vi kan naturligvis ikke få en grydeklar sikkerhedspolitik med det samme; men vi ønsker, at de første skridt tages gennem en revision af Traktaten, måske med WEU som et hjælpemiddel i overgangsfasen.
By virtue of that article of the Treaty, Community agreements concluded by the Council are binding on Member States as well as on the institutions.
Det er fortsat en ordning blandt regeringerne.
WOHLFART. — (FR) So then, I note that the problem seems to be cleared up.
Der eksisterer fortsat ulighed mellem med lemmerne, hvorfor enhver kan sidde på sine egne atomvåben, hvis han vil det, og de underkastes afgjort ikke nogen fælles sikkerhedspolitik.
The Council will take up the concrete proposal by the Commission in order to satisfy the honourable Member.
Utvivlsomt må der tidligt tages skridt til en europæisk forpligtelse til gensidigt forsvar mod angreb, som WEU-traktaten foreskriver.
SANDBÆK (ARC). — (DA) I am not quite sure that I have understood the answer.
Derudover skal der udvikles en politik vedrørende eksport af militært følsomme produkter og udstyr.
I think actually my question was very much simpler than the answer would imply.
Vi ville naturligvis også gerne se en politik for våbenanskaffelse inkluderet, som gav mulighed for EF-indgriben gennem ophævelsen af artikel 223.
In Denmark we organize all our work according to collective agreements and I should like to hear when we can expect such collective agreements to be introduced at Community level.
Og selv før den artikel ophæves, ville det være velkomment, hvis medlems landene frivilligt gik med til at ophæve anvendelsen af den.
I cannot link the answer up properly with the question.
En fjernelse af blokkene — hr. White har med rette påpeget, at situationen i dag er en ganske anden end ved begyndelsen af denne diskussion — indeholder betænkningen i realiteten intet om. I dette billede af Europa savner man altså praktisk talt stadig relationerne til Østeuropa og det nuværende Sovjetunionen, og på den anden side består de traditionelle bindinger til USA fortsat, som de hidtil har været.
DONNELLY (S). — Mr President, the point that has been raised is a very important one because the Luxembourg Presidency has proposed in the draft treaty changes a procedure for dealing with the social dimension through framework agreements which will be negotiated between the social partners and then come forward to the Council for approval.
Langer imod mener vi, at en fælles ægte udenrigspolitik og en sikkerhedspolitik er en nødvendighed, men de må ikke mistolkes i den militaristiske retning, som det stadig er tilfældet her.
DONNELLY between the trade unions and employers at a Com­munity level ?
lesskabets forhold til FN. Her viser der sig også en slags linje, som jeg ville kalde dobbelt medlemskab, med anmodningen om, at repræsentanter for Europa-Parlamentet kunne deltage i CSCE's parlamentariske forsamling.
It will apply the new treaty to the letter.
Det kan betragtes positivt fra vort synspunkt; men vil det blive accepteret af ikke-fællesskabslande, at Fællesskabets tolv stater faktisk er repræsenteret to gange, som suveræne stater og gennem Fællesskabet?
There is currently an epidemic of hepatitis B, not just in the Community but also throughout the world and health workers are in the front line.
Det er noget, vi må overveje.
We hope the Commission will propose measures to provide vaccination against hepatitis B, now that a safe vaccine is available.
Her er problemet igen, at de tolv lande i Fællesskabet også i CSCE skal tale med én enkelt stemme.
The new vaccine is produced through genetic engineering rather than using previously infected blood.
Jeg må måske komme med et lille eksempel for at gøre det mere klart.
We hope the Council of Ministers will back free compulsory vaccination for all health workers: not just nurses and doctors, but anybody else who comes into contact with sufferers, such as hospital porters.
Lad os se på den øjeblikkelige situation i Jugoslavien, som den forrige taler berettede om.
We hope that this health measure will be made compulsory throughout the Community.
Skal vi af sikkerhedsmæssige årsager gribe ind her ved at sende europæisk militær, måske multinationalt europæisk militær derned?
DONNELLY (S). — Mr President, I do not want to labour the point but it is not a question of Parliament being consulted.
Eller bør Fællesskabet ikke snarere tilbyde sine gode tjenester for at få gang i dialogen mellem de forskellige parter om forfatningsreformen, såfremt det ønskes af Jugoslavien?
The purpose of Parliament's proposing amendments to the new treaties is that we have the right to joint decision­making.
Det ville være en konstruktiv udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitik for Europa.
We are not seeking, in the social dimension, to be consulted.
Vi håber, at forhandlingen fjerner disse modsigelser, og at den sunde kerne i Poetteringbetænkningen kommer frem.
We are actually asking to have the right to participate fully in the decision­making process.
Derfor må jeg afslutningsvis sige: Vi kan ikke til slutte os Poettering-betænkningen, sådan som den foreligger, medmindre vore ændringsforslag vedtages. Vi går i det store og hele ind for betænkningen fra fru van den Brink, men vi anmoder om, at vore ændringsforslag vedtages.
If the social partners are going to suggest framework agreements which will then be endorsed by the Council and have legal legitimacy, Parliament must be fully involved undet the new treaty, in the process of drawing up these new laws.
Trivelli (GUE). — (IT) Der er i Poettering-betænkningen visse modsigelser, som bør fjernes.
WOHLFART. — (FR) As a doctor, I fully share the fears Mrs Banotti has just voiced in this House.
Endelig, gene relt kan jeg godtage de institutionelle aspekter af sikkerhedspolitikken, systemet, der binder de tre institutioner sammen, og de beføjelser, som Europa-Parlamentet skal have ifølge beslutningsforslaget.
I would simply remind you that at the time, that is, almost 13 years ago, the Ministers, at the conclusion of an exchange of views on the problems arising at Community level in the field of vaccination, agreed that those problems should con­tinue to be treated, as previously, in the framework of the World Health Organization and the Council of Europe.
Dillen (DR). — (NL) Hr. formand, den, som ikke råder over en effektiv hær og ikke er i stand til at fraråde enhver fremmed magt at indlede imperialistiske, militære eventyrer, kan ikke sige, at han virkelig er uafhængig.
WOHLFART. — (FR) Fitst of all, I should like to remind the honourable Member that I cannot in any case prejudge this evening the question of the final content of the intergovernmental conference.
Dette har siden slutningen af Anden Verdenskrig til og med i dag været tilfældet for Europas lande og for Europa som helhed.
I cannot add anything more at this stage in the discussion. I am well aware that Parliament wishes to have the right of co­decision.
Det har medført, at man, hvad enten man ville eller ej, måtte sige ja til NATO, også til og med i dag.
But let us wait and see what will come out of the intergovernmental conference.
I sidste instans betød dette imidlertid — det kan ingen benægte — en vis afhængighed af De Forenede Stater.
I am not empow­ered to speak on behalf of that conference.