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Så jeg troede, at hvis Rådet faktisk ville overveje at fjerne aldersdiskriminationen, så måtte det logiske være, at der skulle lægges pres på Kommissionen — og naturligvis også på Parlamentet, selv om det skal vi nu nok tage os af — for at få disse institutioner til at handle på samme måde.
EWING (ARC). — I am always quite amused at the skill with which our Presidents-in-Office wriggle out of almost every responsibility.
Det forekommer mig latterligt, at aldersbegrænsninger anvendes på den måde, det sker, særlig når det gælder midlertidige ansættelser. Det er helt uacceptabelt.
Is there not an overall responsibility with the President-in-Office on a question so fundamental as discrimination against such a large sector of European citizens?
Så kan vi få en tilkendegivelse af, at man i det mindste stærkt vil tilskynde Kommissionen til at tage sin stilling op til fornyet overvejelse?
Particularly as we know that the numbers of' old people surviving are increasing all the time, so that a bigger section of our citizens are elderly. Is
Elliott (S). — (EN) Det lyder for så vidt udmærket, men jeg vil gerne sige to ting til rådsformanden.
GAREL JONES, President-in-Office of the Council. — The Council is indeed aware of the need to involve local and regional authorities closely in decisionmaking at Community level.
Elliott vi taler om i aften — vil ministeren så fortælle os, hvilken decentralisering der finder sted på europæisk plan angående beslutningstagning inden for Det Forenede Kongerige?
GAREL JONES subsidiarity is that Member States should themselves decide nationally how the principle should be applied in their states. It is for governments of the Member States to do so in accordance with their own procedures and national traditions.
Det fore­kommer mig, at den britiske regering ønsker subsi­diaritet nedad fra fællesskabsplanet og opad fra bunden, så at den selv kan træffe alle beslutninger.
First of all, if indeed it is as he says the intention that the setting up of the Committee of the Regions is to involve local and regional government, why is it that the British Government is unwilling to accept that all the representatives from Britain should be drawn from democratically elected local government, as every party involved in local government has demanded, and has suggested instead that quite inappropriate people, such as government ministers or civil servants or business representatives, who are not elected, should take the place of genuinely elected representatives?
Garel Jones. — (EN) Må jeg i al ærbødighed sige, at min definition af subsidiaritet er baseret på artikel 3 B i Traktaten.
GAREL JONES. — With respect to the honourable Member, my definition of subsidiarity is based on Article 3b of the Treaty.
Hvis det ærede medlem læser artikel 3 Β — den indeholder kun tre sætninger — så tror jeg, det er helt klart.
If she reads Article 3(b) — it only has three sentences in it — I think it is perfectly clear.
Jeg erkender, at definitionen af, hvor det princip så skal anvendes, kan diskuteres.
I accept that the definition of where that principle is then to apply could be a matter for debate.
Hvad angår Det Forenede Kongerige, vil hun være opmærksom på, at på en række områder — jeg nævner specielt uddannelse, men der er andre — er omfanget af decentralisering i Storbritannien helt ned til den enkelte skole efter min mening langt mere omfattende end i noget andet medlemsland.
So far as the United Kingdom is concerned, she will be aware that in a number of areas — I mentioned specifically education, but there are others — the level of devolution in Britain right down to individual schools is far more substantial, I would suggest, than it is in any other Community country.
Spørgsmål nr. 11 af Adam (H­
by Mr Adam (H-
Er Rådet enig i, at med hensyn til strukturfondene må den stigende vægt, der lægges på subsidiaritetsprincippet, betyde, at de lokale og regionale myndigheder skal have større indflydelse, og at de nationale regeringers kontrolfunktion skal begrænses?
In line with the increased emphasis which is being placed on the principle of subsidiarity, does the Council agree that with regard to the Structural Funds, this must mean greater involvement by local and regional authorities and less control by national governments?
Garel Jones. — (EN) Der er to spørgsmål her, og jeg vil besvare dem begge.
GAREL JONES. — There are two questions there and I shall answer them both.
For det første, for så vidt angår Regionsudvalget, så er det, som det ærede medlem vil vide, op til medlemsstaterne selv at træffe afgørelse om, hvorledes hver enkelt medlemsstat skal repræsenteres i udvalget.
First, so far as the Committee of the Regions is concerned, as the honourable Member will know it is for Member States themselves to decide on the way in which each Member State is to be represented on the committee.
Den britiske regering har indtil videre ikke truffet nogen beslutninger og har ikke fremsat nogen erklæring om, hvad den vil gøre i denne sag.
The British Government has so far taken no decisions and made no announcements about what it will be doing in that matter.
For så vidt angår princippet om subsidia­ritet, forekommer det mig at være en simpel kends­gerning, at det, vi taler om, er fordelingen af beføjel­ser mellem Kommissionen og medlemsstaterne. Hver medlemsstat har således sin egen måde, hvorpå den kan fordele subsidiariteten inden for sit område.
GAREL JONES, President-in-Office of the Council. — In accordance with Article 4( 1 ) of Council Regulation No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988, Community operations con cerning structural funds are based on close consultations between the Commission, the Member State concerned and the competent authorities designated by the latter at national, regional, local and other level, with each party acting as a partner in pursuit of a common goal.
Der er et antal medlemsstater i Fællesskabet, der i prak­sis er forbundsstater.
These consultations, referred to as 'the partnership', cover the preparation, financing, monitoring and assessment of operations.
F.eks. har Det Forenede Kon­gerige, som det ærede medlem ved, en utrolig mængde decentralisering, både med hensyn til uddannelse og sundhed.
The exact arrangements are a matter for each Member State.
Metten (S). — (NL) Den anden side af subsidiaritet er, at EF må beskæftige sig med europæiske proble­mer.
So far as the principle of subsidiarity is concerned, it seems to me a simple statement of fact that what we are talking about is the allocation of power as between the Commission and Member States.
Er rådsformanden rede til at afgive en redegø­relse i morgen om Storbritanniens udtræden af EMS­valutakursmekanismen?
Each Member State then has different ways of allocating subsidiarity within its own nation.
Da dette klart er et europæisk problem, er en redegørelse i Parlamentet afsolut nødvendig.
There are a number of Member States in the Community which are to all intents and purposes federal states.
Jeg tror, at jeg som nederlandsk parlamentariker gør det klart, at dette ikke udeluk­kende er et britisk anliggende. Det vedrører ikke alene Parlamentet, det vedrører også folkeafstemnin­gen i Frankrig på søndag, og jeg mener, at vi må orienteres herom.
The United Kingdom, for example has an enormous amount of devolution, as the honourable Member will know, both in education and in health.
Garel Jones, formand for Rådet. — (EN) 1 overens­stemmelse med artikel 4, stk. 1, i Rådets forordning nr. 2052/88 af 24. juni 1988 fastlægges fællesskabs­aktioner vedrørende strukturfondene ved et snævert samarbejde mellem Kommissionen, den berørte medlemsstat og de myndigheder på nationalt, regio­nalt, lokalt eller andet plan, som medlemsstaten måtte udpege, idet disse alle optræder som partnere, der forfølger et fælles mål.
ADAM (S). — I would not recogize that really as an answer to my question but could I point out to the President-in-Office that as I observe things, the arrange ments for the operation of the ERDF part of the structural funds, where we have good local management commit tees in operation, seem to me to be what subsidiarity is supposed to be about.
Dette samråd, der benæv­nes partnerskab, omfatter forberedelsen, finansierin­gen, overvågningen og evalueringen af aktionerne.
Could 1 ask him if the Council would agree that that sort of local procedure could well be applied to the whole of the structural fund activity which would include the bulk of the ESF?
De præcise arrangementer henhører under den enkelte medlemsstat.
If we could get the two — a similar arrangement for the ESF as we have for the ERDF — it would seem to me that that would be what subsidiarity ought to mean in the local context.
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg tror, det ærede medlem måske er opmærksom på, at Udvalget om Økonomi, Valutaspørgsmål og Industripolitik har møde kl. 11.30 i aften.
METTEN (S). — (NL) The other side of subsidiarity is that the European Community must concern itself with European problems.
Jeg mener, det er op til dem at mødes og beslutte, hvilken afgørelse der skal træffes.
Is the President of the Council ready to make a statement tomorrow about the United Kingdom's leaving the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS?
Må jeg spørge ham, om Rådet ikke er enigt i, at den slags lokale procedurer godt kan anvendes på strukturfondens samlede aktiviteter, der kan indbefatte det meste af ESF?
I think that as a Member of Parliament from the Netherlands I am making it clear that this is not a private British party.
Hvis vi kan få begge dele — en ordning for ESF, der ligner den, vi har for EFRU — så fore­kommer det mig, at det må være, hvad subsidiaritet skal dreje sig om på lokalt plan.
This does not concern this Parliament only, it concerns also the referendum in France next Sunday, amongst other things, and I think we must have access to more information about it.
Da den britiske minister synes helt tilfreds med den mængde decentralisering, der har fundet sted i Skotland, må jeg så have lov at påpege over for ham, at Skotlands befolkning ganske vist har stemt for den, men at vi ikke fik en sådan.
GAREL JONES. — Well, that is a very interesting opinion but it will not have escaped the honourable Member's notice that the final sentence of my answer to him was that exact arrangements are a matter for each Member State.
Hvad angår europæisk beslutningstagning — og det er det,
Now the proposal that he is putting forward is a perfectly legitimate one and I should think he
Garel Jones. — (EN) Nuvel, det er en meget interessant mening, men det kan ikke kan have undgået det ærede medlems opmærksomhed, at den
GAREL JONES. — I think the honourable Member may be aware that the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy is meeting at 11.30 p.m. this evening.
Det forslag, han stiller, er helt rimeligt, og jeg synes, han bør sikre, at det bliver gennemført i hans egen medlemsstat.
GAREL JONES ought to ensure that it is pursued within his own Member State.
Spørgsmålet om, hvilke personer der kan blive medlemmer af det fremtidige Regionsudvalg, har ikke været drøftet i selve Rådet.
Can the President-in-Office assure us that the Council would like to see things move ahead, that it would like to see an effective and independent Com mittee of the Regions which would in fact operate the principle of subsidiarity as well?
Donnelly (S). — (EN) Hr. formand, jeg har stor personlig respekt for rådsformanden, men jeg kan ikke respektere det svar, han gav hr. Metten om situationen i forbindelse med rentesatserne og valutakursmekanismen.
DONNELLY (S). — Mr President, I have a great deal of personal respect for the President-in-Office but I do not respect the response he gave to Mr Metten in relation to the situation relating to interest rates and the ERM.
Hvis det drejer sig om subsidiaritet, har rådsformanden et ansvar for at rapportere til Parlamentet om den skrækkelige situation, Fællesskabet står overfor, og at reagere på vore krav om en redegørelse.
If we are dealing with subsidiarity, the President-in-Office of this Council has a responsibility to report to this Parliament the terrible situation that faces the European Econ omic Community and to respond to our demands for a statement.
Er han ikke enig med mig i, at jo hurtigere, vi nu går frem mod en enkelt valuta i Fællesskabet, jo bedre, så at vi kan standse denne skrækkelige spekulation på valutamarkederne med de forskellige valutaer i Fællesskabet?
Would he agree with me that the faster we now move to a single currency in the European Community the better, so that we can stop this awful speculation on the foreign exchange markets with the different currencies of the European Community?
Der er bestemt mange, der går ind for en enkelt valuta, som vil fremføre netop det argument, det ærede medlem anvender.
Certainly, there are many advocates of a single currency who would put forward the very argument that the honourable Member is putting forward.
Det vil ikke overraske ham at høre, at jeg ikke er helt tilfreds med hans svar.
If that is his view, then of course within his own Member State he must seek to advance that view through whatever route is open to him.
Det andet, jeg gerne vil fremhæve, er, at jeg i dag fik en henvendelse fra en repræsentant for en af de tyske delstater, der har henvendt sig til det britiske formandskab for at forsøge at fremskynde arrangementerne vedrørende dette udvalg, og opdagede, at det britiske formand skab var meget uvilligt til at sætte mere fut i det.
Regarding the second part of his question, the British Government welcomed the provision for a Committee of the Regions in the Treaty, and as presidency we would hope and expect that the British Government and all other governments would be in a position to nominate their members of the Committee of the Regions in time for the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty.
Blak (S). — Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne kritisere Dem for Deres mødeledelse. Jeg synes, at De var direkte uforskammet over for mig.
BLAK (S). — (DA) Mr President, I must criticize your chairmanship of the Assembly.
De rettede mig i henhold til forretningsordenen og sagde, at der kun var to tillægsspørgsmål til nr. 6.
You pulled me up on a point of order and said there could only be two supplementaries to Question 6.
Da det nu var store lande, så tillod De tre tillægsspørgsmål til nr. 10.
Then, because the big countries were involved, you allowed three supplementaries to Question 10.
Det er sådan nogle ting, der får os små lande til engang imellem at sige, at der er manglende respekt for de små lande.
It is things like that which lead us small countries to say from time to time that there is not enough respect for the small countries.
Jeg håber, det var en fejltagelse fra Deres side, og hvis det ikke var det, så håber jeg, at De giver mig en undskyldning for Deres uforskammet heder.
I hope that was a mistake on your part, and if it was not I hope you will give me an apology for your rudeness.
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg tror ikke, jeg kan frem sætte nogen kommentarer til første del af det ærede medlems spørgsmål, og det tror jeg heller ikke, han venter.
EWING (ARC). — With regard to the choice that will be made by the United Kingdom on who the representatives will be in the Committee of the Regions, I would ask the President-in-Office to respect a tradition of this House that, on the whole, dual mandates are frowned on, so that we should be looking for people other than, for instance, ministers of government.
Hvis det er hans mening, så må han naturlig vis i sin egen medlemsstat forsøge at fremføre dette synspunkt via de kanaler, der står åbne for ham.
Secondly, as we are all here concerned about the democratic deficit, could we have a simple assurance that the people chosen will be elected?
Vil Rådet meddele, om det accepterer, at medlemmerne af det nye Regionsudvalg skal være valgte repræsentanter for de lokale og/eller regionale myndigheder?
Does the Council accept that the representatives on the new Committee of the Regions should be elected representatives drawn from local and/or regional authorities?
Garel Jones. — (EN) Det ærede medlem er sikkert opmærksom på, at Traktaten ikke begrænser med lemskab af udvalget til valgte lokalstyrerepræsentanter.
GAREL JONES. — The honourable Member will be aware that the Treaty does not limit membership of the committee to elected local government representatives.
Hun må også være opmærksom på, at f.eks. i Det Forenede Kongerige er de regionale og
She will also be aware that in the United Kingdom, for example, the regional and local issues range wider, involving, for example, development agencies.
Man kunne finde det vigtigt, at medlemmer af Regionsudvalget skulle kunne repræsentere hele skalaen af regionale, lokale og specielle interesser.
It could be thought to be important that members of the Commit tee of the Regions should be able to represent the full range of regional, local and specialist interests.
Traktaten støtter ikke den snævre fortolkning, som det ærede medlem frem fører, at medlemskab af Regionsudvalget skal begrænses til valgte repræsentanter.
The Treaty does not support the narrow interpretation of the Committee of the Regions' membership as limited to elected representatives only, which the honourable Member is advancing.
Det nævner jeg simpelt hen som en kendsgerning, men jeg kan forsikre, at for så vidt angår den britiske regering, er der endnu ikke truffet nogen beslutning.
I say that simply because it is a statement of fact, but I do reassure her, in so far as the British Government is concerned, that no decisions have been taken at this time.
I stykke 2 præciseres endvidere, at en sådan anmodning først kan fremsættes, når Kommissionen, Rådet eller udenrigsministrene har besvaret alle til lægsspørgsmål om det pågældende konkrete emne.
GAREL JONES, President-in-Office of the Council. — I have little to add to the replies which my predecessor in office gave to questions on the same theme during previous question times.
David (S). — (EN) I betragtning af den betydning, som Rådet helt åbenbart tillægger det nye Region sudvalg, kan vi så få en forsikring om, at Rådet vil støtte en helt uafhængig og velfinansieret administration til Regionsudvalget?
As the honourable Member will be aware, the relevant provisions of the Treaty on European Union require the Council to appoint the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions on proposals from the respective Member States.
Jeg ved ikke, om det forholder sig sådan, at visse medlemsstater overvejer at udpege embedsmænd, eller om det ikke gør det.
The Treaty does not set out criteria to be followed when proposing or appointing members of the commit tee.
Rådet nåede under det portugisiske formandskab ikke til enighed om de administrative ordninger for Regionsudvalget. Dette spørgsmål er endnu ikke blevet drøftet af det britiske formand skab.
It is in fact clearly for the Member States themselves to decide on the representatives of regional and local bodies they intend proposing as committee members to the Council.
Rådet har pålagt personlige repræsentanter for udenrigsministrene at studere sagen yderligere og aflægge rapport.
The question of the nature of the members of the future Committee of the Regions has not been discussed in the Council itself.
Donelly (S). — (EN) Til forretningsordenen, hr. formand; i henhold til artikel 61 i forretningsordenen kan syv medlemmer anmode om, at der umiddelbart i tilknytning til spørgetiden afholdes en forhandling om et spørgsmål, der er rejst i salen.
DAVID (S). — Given the obvious importance which the Council places on the new Committee of the Regions, could we have an assurance that the Council will support an entirely separate and well-financed administration for the Committee of the Regions?
Der er syv medlemmer til stede, der vil anmode om en forhandling om spørgsmål nr. 1 om beslutningsprocessen i Rådet, og at denne forhandling finder sted umiddelbart efter afslutningen af Rådets svar på spørgsmål her i aften.
Second, as it is quite evidently the case that certain Member States are considering at least nominating central government civil servants to this committee, would the President-in-Office venture to suggest how it is that perhaps some civil servants may have greater democratic attributes than local government representatives?
Donnelly (S). — (EN) Jeg har virkelig stor respekt for rådsformanden.
HUGHES (S). — I thank the President-in-Office.
Han svarer altid på de spørgsmål, vi stiller her i salen.
He will not be surprised to hear that I am not entirely happy with his replies.
Grunden til, at jeg fremsætter denne anmodning er, at rådsformanden tager fra Parlamentet i aften, og at vi derfor ikke kan få en redegørelse i morgen formiddag fra rådsformanden. Det er grunden til, at vi må anmode om en forhandling i aften i henhold til artikel 61 stk. 3, hvor der står, at afgørelsen om, hvorvidt der skal afholdes en sådan forhandling, træffes af formanden ved spørge tidens afslutning — og det accepterer jeg — og at der ikke forhandles herom.
It is probably not sensible to ask him to venture an opinion, but I wonder if he would agree with me that government nominees or other alternatives to democratically elected local or regional representatives would in fact defeat the purpose of the idea of" a Committee of the Regions able to reflect independently the views of the regions in EC policy-making formula
Så De har bemyndigelse til her i aften at give tilladelse til, at Parlamentet kan drøfte et spørgsmål af største vigtighed og presse rende interesse, der ikke kan drøftes i morgen.
GAREL JONES. — To take the last part of the question first, it is not for the presidency to comment on what individual Member States may be doing.
spørgsmål angår, forekommer svaret mig ikke fyldestgørende.
Parliament this evening, therefore we cannot get a state ment tomorrow morning from the President-in-Office of the Council.
Rådsformanden vil have kunnet kon statere efter de mange spørgsmål, som er stillet i aften til dette emne samt — hvis han har kendskab hertil — de forskellige indlæg i forbindelse med afstemningen om Maibaum-betænkningen, at Parlamentet nærer megen stor interesse for dette spørgsmål om Regionsudvalget.
That is why we need to ask for a debate this evening under Rule 61, paragraph 3, which says that the decision as to whether to hold the requested debate shall be taken by the President only at the close of Question Time — and I accept that — and shall not be subject to a debate. If he receives more than one such request, he shall decide thereon without debate.
Spørgsmål nr. 13 af Barrera i Costa
Under Rule 61 of the Rules of Procedure seven Members may request that a debate be held after Question Time on a matter raised in the Chamber.
Douglas Hurd har over for Europa-Parlamentet oplyst, at det britiske formandskabs vigtigste prioritering vil være at forberede gennemførelsen af Maastricht-aftalerne.
In addressing the European Parliament, Mr Hurd stated that the chief concern of the British Presidency would be preparations for the implementation of the Maastricht agreements.
Men hvis Regionsudvalget ikke kommer til at bestå af valgte medlemmer, vil det selvfølgelig ikke blive repræsentativt. tativt.
What are the Council's views concerning the organ ization of the Committee of the Regions and its immediate terms of reference?
Har Rådet planer om at fastlægge generelle bestemmelser for valget af medlemsstaternes repræsentanter i dette udvalg?
Has the Council considered drawing up general rules for the selection of Member States' representatives on this body?
Mener Rådet ikke, at tilstedeværelsen af repræsentanter for kommunerne vil være unødvendig i de medlemsstater, hvor regionerne har veletablerede beføjelser?
Does it not consider the presence of municipal representatives superfluous in the case of Member States with well-established regional authorities? orities?
Garel Jones. — (EN) Jeg kan kun over for det ærede medlem gentage, at det er helt klart, at dette er spørgsmål, der henhører under medlemsstaterne.
The following paragraph 2 furthermore specifies that such a debate may be requested only after the Commission, the Council or the Foreign Ministers have replied to all supplementary questions on the specific matter con cerned.