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Meget mere end princippet om subsidiaritet, der gør, at de små funktionærer i Bruxelles ikke blander sig i administrationen af vore landsbyer, er det den almindeligt anerkendte regel om folkenes ret til selv at bestemme, der er på spil.
That is why we see it as a real mistake that at a time when the European Union is giving voting rights in municipal elections to all EU citizens, it is not providing the same rights for other citizens who are legally resident in Europe.
Til gengæld har der i mere end tusind år eksisteret en fransk nation.
We think that this will serve to widen the gap in our society.
At ord som »nation«, »folk«, »menneske« er uklare for flertallet af denne forsamlings medlemmer, overrasker mig kun lidt; det er en logisk følge af, at dette parlament lever adskilt fra de daglige realiteter og især fra sine rødder.
Our view is that foreigners who acquire voting rights must also respect the laws of the country, including of course the laws on languages.
Når dette er sagt, så har vi medlemmer af Alleanza Nazionale afholdt os fra at stemme; i det foregående indlæg pegede vi på de punkter, hvor vi havde bekymringer og var tøvende med hensyn til det, som kom frem.
That is why we rejected Amendment No 37, because it combined electoral rights with know ledge of a language and taxation.
Desværre har de afstemninger, der har været om ændringsforslagene, bekræftet disse bekymringer og denne tøven.
We are well aware of these issues, and we are concerned that the language laws should be respected.
Trods dette er vi, da vi mente, at signalet var vigtigt, til beskyttelse af de millioner af involverede europæere - og for vort vedkommende af en million to hundrede tusinde italienere - gået videre til denne afstemning, hvor vi korrekt har afholdt os fra at stemme.
We also believe that the question of taxation must be investigated, but this must be settled in a different way and not confused with a basic right such as the right to vote.
Alligevel forstår man godt, at når Pandoras æske én gang er åbnet, så kan intet lukke den igen, og i morgen kan fremmede fra hele verden stemme, sådan som hr. Cohn-Bendit har anmodet om.
Wiebenga (ELDR). - (NL) Mr President, the Dutch Liberals voted against a number of amendments because we saw the draft directive as a balanced piece of legislation in the form that it was presented.
Nu kan fellaherne, som Pasqua forbereder sig på at modtage, møde op i Dreux, i Marseille eller i Lyon! Nej, dette er utilstedeligt.
In particular, we consider it reasonable that the office of mayor may - and I stress the word 'may' - be reserved for nationals of the country in question, but all in all we voted wholeheartedly in favour of the directive because it represents an important and symbolic step along the road towards a truly European citizenship.
Pier Ferdinando Casini (FE). - (IT) Hr. formand, kære kolleger, jeg vil blot gerne offentligt som formand for Retsudvalget udtrykke min varmeste tak til ordføreren, der er her til stede, til alle udvalgets medlemmer, som har arbejdet godt, og også en anerkendelse af indlægget fra kommissæren, som selv roste udvalgets arbejde.
Kreissl-Dörfler (V). - (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen.
Vi vil ikke forråde dem!
But I nevertheless voted in favour because I think it intolerable that people who may have lived and worked in Munich for over twenty years will
I dag har vi endelig fået lov at være drivkraften i Den Europæiske Union i institutionelle rammer, altså samarbejdende med henblik på at gennemføre en lov.
To be a democratic concept it must also be a political one and, consequently, one based on election at all levels.
Jeg håber og ønsker, at dette anfald af ærkenationalisme er forbigående.
I salute the efforts of the rapporteur.
Spaak (ELDR). - (FR) Hr. formand, stemmeretten for statsborgerne i Den Europæiske Union udgør et grund læggende princip i den europæiske opbygning og vil bidrage til udviklingen af et fælles statsborgerskab i medlemsstaterne.
Brinkhorst (ELDR). - (NL) Mr President, the European citizenship on which we have made a start today is an important achievement.
Jeg må også sige, at i forhold til nogle ting, jeg har hørt, forekommer Aristoteles-citatet mig upassende.
This does not mean that the nation state is disappearing, but that an important new element is being added, as I can say on behalf of several other members of the ELDR Group.
I virke ligheden har vi spillet med og spiller vi med løftet om en enhed, som ikke tramper på den lokale individualisme, men vi ville ikke gå sådan op i det her, hvis der ikke var dette fremtidige perspektiv. I dag har vi banet endnu et stykke vej i denne retning.
The members of D'66 voted in favour of a number of amendments aimed at altering the distinc tion regarding those who are elected in a party or municipality but are not able to occupy an office such as that of mayor.
Derfor vil jeg samtidig med en tak til alle udvalgets medlemmer gerne - måske er dette mit sidste indlæg - udtrykke min tilfredshed med resultatet af arbejdet i dag.
It is for the same reasons that Mr Wiebenga voted against that my section of our group voted in favour.
Aelvoet (V). - (NL) Hr. formand, politiske rettigheder er en uerstattelig betingelse for menneskers reelle integration og deltagelse i et samfund.
Cot (PSE), in writing. - (FR) I am very glad that the Commission's view, expressed by Mr Vanni d'Archirafì, concurs with that of Parliament's Legal Affairs Commit tee as regards the entry into force of the directive relating to the right of Union citizens to vote in local elections.
Af denne grund synes vi, at det er en ægte brøler, at Den Europæiske Union, i det øjeblik den tildeler EU-borgere kommunal valgret, ikke samtidig giver valgret til borgere, som lovligt bor i Europa.
I trust that the French authorities will accept this democrat ic necessity and will not insist on postponing the exercise of the right of citizenship until the next century.
Vi synes, at kløften i vort samfund derved vokser. Vi ønsker at gå ud fra, at udlændinge, som opnår valgret, også skal overholde landets love og selvfølgelig også sproglovgivningen.
This is the right of the citizens of the European Union, residing in states of the Union of which they are not nationals, to be able to vote and stand as candidates in municipal elections in the place in which they reside.
Af den grund har vi forkastet ændringsforslag nr. 37, fordi man her laver et sammensurium af valgret, sprogkundskaber og skattepligter. Det er vi udmærket klar over, og vi er bekymret for, hvordan sproglovgivningen kan blive efterlevet.
Diez de Rivera Icaza (PSE), in writing. - (ES) May I repeat, as I said in this Assembly six years ago at the time of the Vetter report, that it would be appropriate to review the concept of 'foreigner' applied to immigrants who have spent their lives in one of the Member States of the Union, as it is unacceptable for them to be excluded from the concept of citizenship.
Vi synes også, at problemstillingen i forbindelse med skat skal undersøges, men det skal ske på anden vis og ikke blandes sammen med en grundlæggende rettighed som valgretten.
It is a right which will affect about 5 million citizens in these conditions and which represents an essential step forward in the creation of a Union which will be more widely and better perceived, with the visible broadening of the right of citizens to participate more actively in the political life and activities of local communities.
Wiebenga (ELDR). - (NL) Hr. formand, det nederlandske liberale parti har stemt imod et antal ændringsforslag, fordi vi syntes, at dette direktivforslag i den form, det var fremsat i, var en velafbalanceret lovgivning.
Consequently, with the establishment of this new right, there is also an expectation of a deeper and better integration of non-national residents and the attenuation of certain phenomena which are of a xenophobic nature.
Det er ikke således, at nationalstaten derved forsvinder, den får tilføjet et vigtigt nyt element på vegne af et antal medlemmer af Det Europæiske Liberale og Demokrati ske Partis Gmppe.
This would also be the case if we were to prevent the election of nonnationals to executive office, for any reason.
Min del af gruppen har stemt for, af samme grund som hr. Wiebenga har stemt imod.
And finally, it would be the case if we were to establish maximum quotas for nonnationals in lists of candidates.
Rækkevidden af dette problem anskueliggøres af en valgtale holdt af en bayrisk CSU-toppolitiker, hvori der klart blev sagt - mine herrer, De fra den modsatte side vil sikkert glæde Dem over dette: »Mustafa må ikke blive borgmester.« Toppolitikeren fra CSU siger helt klart, at han vil 'gøre alt for at forhindre, at et menneske, der hedder Mustafa eller Ali, nogensinde bliver borgmester i Bayern.
Girão Pereira and Rosado Fernandes (RDE), in writing. - (PT) The Members of Parliament from CDS-Partido Popular, belonging to the Group of the European Democratic Alliance (RDE), abstained on the report by Mrs Ana Palácio Vallelersundi - on the proposal for a directive establishing the rules for the exercise of the right to vote and the right to stand as a candidate in elections for basic local government units by citizens of the European Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals - for three different reasons.
Capucho (LDR), skriftlig. - (PT) Vi vedtager i dag et direktivforslag, som har til formål at stadfæste en af de nye rettigheder, der var forudset i Unionstraktaten, vedr. europæisk statsborgerskab.
Furthermore, any of these hypotheses would be in flagrant violation of Article 6 of the Treaty, which provides that no citizen may be discriminated against on grounds of nationality.
Vi i Bayern er under alle omstændigheder mere fremskridtsvenlige, i det mindste hvad angår Gruppen De Grønne og Den Socialdemokratiske Gruppe.
Caudron (PSE), in writing. - (FR) I would like to make this vote an opportunity to restate my European faith and my commitment to a citizen's Europe.
Retten for Den Europæiske Unions borgere, som bor i stater i Unionen, hvor de ikke har statsborgerskab, til at kunne vælge og blive valgt ved kommunale valg det sted, hvor de bor.
In the first place, because, in principle, CDS-Partido Popular disagrees totally with this increasingly notorious 'absolute competence' which the European Union will now have, since the Maastricht Treaty was approved, to decide on everything, down to issues of a domestic nature in countries, states or nations.
Robles Piquer (PPE). - (ES) Hr. formand, jeg har med glæde stemt for fru Palacios beundringsværdige betænk ning, men jeg kan ikke skjule, at jeg som unionsborger føler mig noget skamfuld.
That kind of Europe assumes - it demands - an acceleration of the process of European citizenship and, consequently, the progressive but swift introduction of the right of European citizens to vote anywhere in the European Union.
Det skyldes, at der i visse lande findes en følelse, som man kan betegne som chauviniste, sagt på fransk, hvilket for resten også er Luxembourgs officielle sprog.
Consequently, I cannot accept timid attitudes and weak arguments redolent of nationalism, including those of the French Government.
En ret, som vil omfatte cirka 5 millioner borgere, som lever under disse vilkår, og som betyder et væsentligt fremskridt i dannelsen af en Union, som skal opleves tydeligere og mere positivt, idet der sker en mærkbar udvidelse af borgernes ret til mere aktivt at tage del i det politiske liv og aktiviteme i lokalsamfundene.
Secondly, because if the Commission has already gone a long way on this, the rapporteur has gone even further, proposing the deletion of some safeguards which even the Commission had provided - and what was being voted on was the report.
som for øvrigt lige er blevet forkastet af udvalget og af ordføreren ­ en undtagelse, som diskriminerer tilfældigt og ydmygende, navnlig portugisere, men også italienere, grækere og spaniere, når det drejer sig om valgret og valgbarhed i Luxembourg, når man iøvrigt, og lad mig sige oven i købet, i denne selvsamme plenarforsamling underskriver en fordømmelse af fremmedhad og racisme.
Thirdly - and this is, essentially, the reason which led us to abstain and not vote against (which would be our real preference) - because CDS-Partido Popular has great respect for Portuguese emigrants and if we opted for voting against, experience tells us that there would be no shortage of people - particularly those who oppose us most directly - would shout our vote 'from the rooftops', accusing CDS-Partido Popular of showing itself to be against emigrants, while what is in fact being discussed in the European Union has nothing to do with this, but is yet another example, rather, of the excessive and increasing attempt at regulation, centralization and federalization by the European Union in relation to the Member States and even in relation to the very citizens of each of these, with complete disregard for the principle according to which 'the European Union shall only decide on that which the Member States are not capable of deciding by them selves', a principle which is proclaimed on so many occasions but, from what we can see, is not often applied.
Det er der tre klare grunde til.
Grosch (PPE), in writing. for a directive.
Det ville blive tilfældet, hvis vi krævede, at man skal være bosat et mindstemål af tid for at kunne udøve valgret (noget som er acceptabelt, fordi det er rimeligt, når det gælder valgbarhed).
The right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections is a valuable integrating factor for citizens of the Union in all Member States.
Det ville ligeledes kunne ske, hvis vi forhindrer ikke­statsborgere i at blive valgt til udøvende poster, uanset med hvilken begrundelse.
Lucas Pires (PPE), in writing. - (PT) I voted in favour of the Palácio report but I find myself more closely in agreement with the opinion of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, in whose discussion and vote I took part.
Ende­lig ville det være tilfældet, hvis vi indførte maksimums­kvoter for ikke­statsborgere på kandidatlisterne.
I believe that it is necessary to reject any idea of a 'second speed' where citizenship is concerned.
I øvrigt ville en hvilken som helst af disse hypotetiske muligheder være en frontal krænkelse af Traktatens artikel 6, som kræver, at ingen borger kan forskelsbe­handles som følge af sin nationalitet.
It would, moreover, be incomprehensible that the European Parliament, a pioneer in this field, should have a minimalist interpretation, when by tradition and as a matter of honour it is the political vanguard of integration.
For det første, fordi CDS­Folkepartiet principielt er helt igennem uenig i denne stadig mere synlige, »absolutte myndighed«, som Den Europæiske Union nu, efter ved­tagelsen af Maastricht­traktaten, skal have til at kunne bestemme om alt muligt, selv om anliggender, som efter deres natur hører hjemme internt i landene, staterne eller nationerne.
Nor would it be under stood if Community emigrants, who have made more bridges than anyone else between the peoples of Europe, should not see their right to be the first European citizens fully established.
Tværtimod mener CDS­Folkepartiet, at der er sager, som fx. denne, som det udelukkende tilkommer Unionens medlemsstater hver for sig at træffe afgørelse om.
Their contribution in work and taxes to the places and states in which they work also demands the recognition of their political rights, in accordance with the minimal democratic principle which runs 'no taxation without representation'.
Lad os håbe, at vore afgørelser på dette felt ikke bidrager til at forøge de i forvejen mange skeptikere, og at de snarere på afgørende vis kan medvirke til, at borgerne i højere grad slutter op om det projekt, vi er i færd med at få på benene.
I would, however, point out that certain double taxation agreements, for example, could lead to elected Union citizens taking decisions on taxation in municipalities in which they personally are not subject to taxation.
Caudron (PSE), skriftlig. ­ (FR) I anledning af denne afstemning ønsker jeg at gentage min tro på det europæ­iske og min kamp for borgernes Europa.
Lulling (PPE), in writing. - (FR) In view of the fact that my Group has refused to allow me any speaking time to contribute to a debate which is an important one for my country, I find myself compelled to resort to an explanation of vote - which, moreover, cannot be done until after the vote - something which I regard as a sort of 'muzzling law' (Maulkorbgesetz) in terms of its effects on a Member of this Parliament.
For det andet, fordi ordføreren, uanset Kommissionen allerede går langt i sit forslag, er gået endnu længere med sit forslag om at fjerne nogle forbehold, som selv Kom­missionen havde med ­ og det varjo betænkningen, der var til afstemning.
If more than 40% of Union citizens living in these municipalities do not pay taxes, as is the case in the German-Belgium region, but nonetheless have voting rights, then this directive which is intended to facilitate integration could have the opposite effect.
Følgelig kan jeg ikke acceptere vaklende holdning og dårlig argumentation fra de lunkne nationalister, herunder hel­ler ikke dem i den franske regering.
Member States must therefore ensure that such agree ments are amended before the first municipal elections take place.
Cot (PSE), skriftlig. ­ (FR) Det glæder mig, at Kommis­sionen gennem hr. Vanni d'Archirafì har fulgt Retsudval­get vedrørende ikrafttrædelsen af stemmeret for borgerne i Unionen.
I shall not vote in favour of this report, which amends the Commission's excellent proposal designed to define the ways of exercising the right to vote and stand as a candidate in municipal elections.
Jeg håber, at de franske myndigheder vil acceptere dette demokratiske krav og ikke vedblive at udsætte udøvelsen af retten til statsborgerskab til næste århundrede.
The majority of the Legal Affairs Committee's 24 amendments will certainly take us no further in the direction of a correct and democratic application of this new right of European citizenship.
Grosch (PPE), skriftlig. ■ (DE) Jeg stemmer for direktiv­forslaget.
Krarup, Lis Jensen, Bonde and Sandbæk (EDN), in writing. - (DA) We are voting against the directive proposal because it contravenes the promises concerning Danish exemption from Union citizenship as given in 1992, thus undermining the Danish reservation concern ing the Union.
Valgret og valgbarhed i forbindelse med kommunalvalg er en værdifuld og integrerende faktor for unionsborgere i alle medlemsstater.
In the national compromise, we were promised that Denmark would be exempt from Union citizenship, but remarks in the proposal for a directive regarding local government elections state that it is 'necessary to replace the nationality criterion with a criterion based on Union citizenship'.
Jeg vil imidlertid gerne gøre opmærksom på, at f.eks. visse dobbeltbeskatningsoverenskomster kunne resultere i, at valgte unionsborgere skal træffe skatteafgørelser i kommuner, som de ikke selv er skattepligtige i.
Even though this statement refers only to local govern ment elections, the Directive is expressing a clear extension of Union citizenship.
Ligeledes skal jeg påny give udtryk for, at jeg forkaster artikel 12 i dette direktiv, idet man vanskeligt kan blive ved med at håndhæve denne undtagelse, selvom den anvendes i henhold til en beføjelse ­ ændringsforslag 26,
Over and above the problem of exemptions based on specific problems, the Legal Affairs Committee submits numerous amendments which will make it impossible to establish reliable electoral rolls. It is quite out of the question, in a properly run country or district, for foreign-
Grosch betaler skat, men som har valgret, så kan dette direktiv, der skulle bidrage til integration, virke lige modsat.
This is completely impossible in a country where the vote is compulsory.
afstemningen, hvilket efter min mening er en slags »mundkurvslov« (Maulkorbgesetz) mod en deputeret.
Union is one of the least known. How else can you explain the lack of understanding for Luxembourg's specific situation, with its 30% foreigners but without the kind of xenophobia experienced in other countries?
Derfor skal medlemsstaterne være opmærksomme på at ændre sådanne overenskomster inden første kommunal valg.
In the debate and vote on future voting rights for EU citizens, however, some Members have proved that they are very familiar with ideological theories but have little under standing of what happens in practice in Europe.
Jeg ville gerne have set denne opfordring i direktivet.
The non-national elector must be required to submit the same proper certificates as nation als.
Kirsten Jensen (PSE), skriftlig. - De danske socialdemokrater har undladt at stemme ved den afsluttende afstemning om direktivet, fordi det forekommer os at være usikkert, hvilke konsekvenser direktivet vil have for gældende dansk lovgivning.
If Luxembourg requests exemption provisions in voting rights for EU citizens, then it is not because we are against foreigners, but rather because we are very concerned about foreign citizens being properly integrated.
Jeg kan ikke stemme for denne betænkning, der ændrer Kommissionens glimrende forslag ved at fastlægge ret ningslinjer for udøvelsen af valgretten og valgbarheden ved kommunalvalg.
I also have a great deal of sympathy for that amendment which provides that those who intend to stand for election to a municipal council must speak the language of the country, and must also have complied with their fiscal obligations towards the local authority where they intend to cast their votes and stand for election.
Tværtimod risikerer de at fremkalde diskrimination mel lem nationale og ikke-nationale.
It is a continuous process in which nonLuxembourgers are integrated in everyday life into all levels of society.
Hvis Rådet vedtog dem - hvilket heldigvis ikke sker - ville det være vand på møllen for de stærke modstandere af dette aspekt ved unionsborgerskabet, der langt fra forstås og accepteres af talrige nationale borgere i vores medlemsstater.
This kind of integration takes time, time for the nonLuxembourgers to become accustomed to their new society, time for Luxembourgers to become accustomed to living with others.
Krarup, Lis Jensen, Bonde og Sandbæk (EDN), skriftlig. - Vi stemmer imod direktivforslaget, fordi det strider mod de løfter om dansk fritagelse for unionsborgerskab, som blev afgivet i 1992 - og dermed undergraver forslaget de danske forbehold over for Unionen.
I shall vote against all amendments which would promote discrimination between nationals and nonnationals and which would threaten to turn municipal elections into a complete farce.
I det nationale kompromis blev det lovet os, at Danmark ville blive holdt uden for unionsborgerskabet.
The exemptions provided for Luxembourg go in this direction.
Men i bemærkningerne til direktivforslaget om kommunale valg udtales det, at det er »nødvendigt at få nationalitetskriteriet erstattet med et kriterium, der er baseret på unionsborgerskabet«.
Rejecting them would mean endangering the formation of a well-balanced society with everyone working together.
Det er mig uforståeligt, at man ikke vil tilstå landene eller endnu bedre kommunerne i alle medlemsstaterne, hvor antallet af udlændinge overstiger 20 %, mulighed for samme undertageiser som dem, der blev indrømmet mit land ved de europæiske valg.
René Piquet (GUE), in writing. - (FR) I feel there are several things which need to be said about the exercising of the right to vote in municipal elections.
Selv om denne udtalelse kun sigter til kommunale valg, er direktivet udtryk for en klar udbygning af unionsborgerskabet. gerskabet.
I regret that the Socialists in particular were deaf to that argument.
Danmark tvinges nu - i strid med løfterne fra det nationale kompromis - til at underkaste sig unionsborgerskabet; ifølge artikel 14 er vores lovgivning herom dikteret af EU.
If their political desiderata were to be achieved in Luxembourg then cooperation would risk turning into confrontation. Is that what they want?