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På samme måde er der en konsensus, i kraft af hvilken kontrakternes juridiske kontinuitet ikke må berøres af indførelsen af den fælles valuta, og det er en god ting.
It will reduce interest rates for countries such as my own and for our citizens it will represent a tangible symbol of European unity.
I forbindelse med en internationalt gældende valutalov må vi faktisk erindre, at enhver stat er suveræn til at definere sin valutas egenskaber, fastsætte og ændre omvekslingskursen for den gamle valuta til den nye.
Giansily (UPE). - (FR) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, within* the framework of Mr Metten's report, pursuant to Article 109j(2) of the Treaty, Parliament has forwarded its opinion to the Heads of State and Government on whether a majority of the Member States fulfil the necessary conditions for the adoption of a single currency.
Men den europæiske forordning, der er ved at blive færdiggjort, burde være en lov af denne type. Det monetære nominalprincip, der er universalt anerkendt, vil således være gældende.
I should remind the House that the Heads of State and Government decided, at the European Council in Florence, that the assessment called for by Article 109j of the Treaty will not be needed.
Hvad angår de kontrakter, der er underlagt et tredjelands ret, kan indførelsen af euroen heller ikke betragtes som en ødelæggelse af kontrakternes balance.
The Liberal Democrats in this House believe that as time goes on the well-drafted parts of the Maastricht Treaty are proving their worth.
Alt i alt forekommer de problemer, der er opstået ved kontrakternes kontinuitet mindre komplekse end, man i starten kunne tro.
The convergence criteria and the rules to counter excessive deficits, for example, are among these and must be respected.
Men man kan også forestille sig, at fastlæggelsen af euroens juridiske status vil være en vanskelig sag i det mindste i overgangsperioden.
In my Member State there is a rather strange situation at the moment where members of the governing party are worried that they are about to get a dose of their own medicine.
Mellem De Femten støder denne definition for øjeblikket på begrebet midlertidige og exceptionelle betingelser, der vil gøre det muligt for en stat at undslippe sanktionssystemet, hvis dets budgetmæssige underskud overstiger det pålagte loft på 3 % af BNP.
They have capped the spending of local authorities which have spent more than the government thinks they should and they now fear that Britain could have fines imposed on it in a similar way if it exceeds the limit of 3 % ceiling on GDP, like some rate-capped miscreant local authority.
Bertinotti (GUE/NGL). - (IT) Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, ærede kolleger, jeg må indrømme, jeg bliver noget bekymret, når jeg læser alle disse betænkninger; for så vidt som man glemmer det, der reelt sker i de forskellige lande i Europa, som om der bliver udbredt et tæppe af abstrakte forhold mellem abstrakte økonomier for at skjule befolkningens virkelige levevilkår.
Be that as it may, the revised and more realistic version of the report calls for no particular comment, and our group should be able to vote in favour of it.
Monetarismen triumferer under forhold, hvor man ikke alene ser bort fra det sociale aspekt, men endog ser bort fra sammenhængen mellem valutasituation og vækst eller stagnation; og man ser bort fra politikkerne til industriel udvikling, for ikke at tale om konjunkturbevægelserne.
It is still true, incidentally, that a very restrictive interpretation of the convergence criteria would keep a number of Member States outside monetary union, resulting, at the worst, in a major split in the single market, and might encourage a sudden sharp rise in the value of the euro, whereas a more balanced interpretation would reduce the risk of a split in the single market, thus reducing the grave danger that an overvalued euro would represent.
Men man behøver kun at prikke hul i tæppet for at se, hvad der gemmer sig underneden.
I have two specific questions I should like to put tonight, one to the Council and one to the Commission.
Den får det indre marked til at fungere bedre og skaber velfærd og arbejde.
In other words, we will have to avoid the legal coexistence of the euro and the national currencies.
Den nedbringer renten i lande som mit, og for borgeren betyder det et fysisk symbol på europæisk enhed.
So it will be preferable for the euro to be the only legal tender with effect from 1 January 1999.
Der tillades nu en vis fleksibilitet, for at man hurtigt kan tilvejebringe den fælles valuta, idet det er helt klart, at dette nødvendigvis kræver en kritisk masse af europæiske lande; to til tre lande vil nemlig ikke være nok.
After all, within the framework of an internationally applicable monetary law, we should recall that every State has the sovereign right to define the characteristics of its currency and to define and vary the rate at which the old currency is converted to the new.
Men det, der tillades i dag, nemlig nogle få kosmetiske indgreb i statsbudgettet, vil ikke være tilladt i morgen; man vil endda gå så vidt som til at indføre sanktioner over for det land, der ikke opfylder betingelserne.
Well, the European regulations now being finalized should be a law of that type, so that the universally recognized principle of monetary nominalism will apply.
De Liberale Demokrater i Parlamentet mener, at de vellykkede afsnit i Maastricht som tiden går beviser deres værd. For eksempel bør vi respektere konvergenskriterierne og bestemmelserne om at nedbringe uforholdsmæssigt store underskud.
Bertinotti (GUE/NGL). - (IT) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I must confess to being somewhat disconcerted on reading these reports.
Hvis disse medlemmer ikke havde opført sig som de lokale myndigheder i Wandsworth i London, ville de have mindre at være bekymrede over.
Thus, monetarism celebrates its triumph in a situation which sees the disappearance not only of social considerations but even of relationships between currencies
Resultatet bliver da en endnu strengere monetaristisk logik, som truer selve den europæiske civilisation.
With regard to contracts that are subject to the law of a third country, the introduction of the euro must, once again, not be seen as a challenge to the equilibrium of the
Bertinotti går de ind for euroen.
Bertinotti of the French state telephone company Telecom's pension funds in the calculation of France's budget deficit.
Den borger, som har tillid til disse skiftende holdninger, har jeg endnu ikke mødt.
Using tricks like this really will not result in a stable currency.
nemlig ændringer og justeringer af Maastrichttraktaten -hvis man vil undgå, at den europæiske valuta munder ud i en krise for europæisk civilisation.
Are we not already heading towards a situation in which the stability of the future European currency will be in doubt?
Hendrick (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne takke ordførerne for disse fortrinlige betænkninger.
Blokland (NI). - (NL) Mr President, the debate on Europe and the fact that it is being held in the European Parliament are strangely linked by various factors.
Kravet fra vores gruppe har også været, at flest mulige medlemslande - i hvert fald flertallet - skal kunne overgå til denne fase.
But as soon as we blow away that fog to see what lies behind it, what do we find?
Man kan også kalde det for en kreativ fortolkning.
The strange thing is that the European Parliament is also going along with that idea.
Som et eksempel kan nævnes inddragelse af pensionsfondene i det franske statslige telefonselskab, Telecom, ved behandlingen af budgetunderskuddet.
To this end some countries are performing accounting contortions which are incompatible with the objectives of real convergence, which is a veritable time bomb under the solid character of EMU.
Med sådanne fiduser og tricks kan man bestemt ikke opnå en situation med en stabil valuta.
But strangely enough this is scarcely mentioned in this House.
Jeg starter med, hvorfor vi ønsker en fælles valuta. Der er 20 millioner arbejdsløse i Unionen.
The time has come to see the error of this approach, which lies precisely in its own political and cultural environment.
Vi ønsker forbedringer i det indre marked, som mange andre har sagt ved forskellige lejligheder, og her, hvor der er omtrent 20 millioner små og mellemstore virksomheder i Europa og 20 millioner arbejdsløse, har vi ikke brug for en matematiker til at regne ud, at hvis hver enkelt virksomhed ansatte en person mere, kunne vi fuldstændig fjerne arbejdsløsheden i Europa.
There is an unspoken assumption in these reports, which is the assumption that the relationship between Europe, the single currency and Maastricht really all boils down to Maastricht: Europe ceases to exist as a political and planning arena, and the single currency is simply squeezed and distorted until it fits Maastricht, so that even the stability pact is viewed as an intensification of these trends.
Hvis vi spørger erhvervsvirksomhederne, hvilke økonomiske forhold de skal have for at ansætte en mere, vil de først og fremmest sige, at de ønsker lave renter, så de kan låne til investeringer. For det andet vil de, hvis de eksporterer eller importerer, beskyttes mod kurssvingninger for at øge samhandlen.
Now some slight degree of flexibility is conceded as a way of rapidly achieving the objective of the single currency, since it is absolutely obvious that that objective cannot be achieved without a critical mass of European States: a mere two or three would not be sufficient to achieve it.
For det tredje er der brug for en stabil valuta, der kan bruges i hele verden. Svaret på disse krav er naturligvis euroen, og euroen vil hjælpe mange virksomheder i Europa og bidrage til at forbedre jobsituationen som helhed.
But what is being permitted today, a certain amount of cosmetic surgery on the budget of each State, will tomorrow be squeezed again, perhaps even under threat of sanctions, for any State which does not succeed in complying with them.
Jeg vil stille hr. kommissær de Silguy følgende spørgsmål: Agter man snarest at udarbejde en redegørelse om gråzonetilfælde og forskellige fiduser?
Amendment No 15 to part II of the Christodoulou report is very strange.
Er man ikke allerede ved at komme i en situation, hvor der kan stilles spørgsmålstegn ved den fremtidige eurovalutas stabilitet?
It assumed that Greece should be given special treatment because of its higher expenditure on defence.
Blokland (NI). - (NL) Hr. formand, forhandlingen om euroen i Europa-Parlamentet består af en række mærkværdigheder. Tillad mig at nævne et par.
So can the Netherlands also be given exceptional treatment on the grounds of the high expenditure needed for dikes and coastal protection work?
Euroen bliver til gavn for turismen.
Other European countries have other kinds of problems.
20 % af den økonomi ske aktivitet i Europa er direkte eller indirekte forbundet med turismen.
This kind of discussion illustrates how unsuitable a monetary union is for the European Union.
Et andet område, der er meget vigtigt og en nøgleindustri i Europa, er flyindustrien.
So we will be left with an even more severe monetaristic logic, calling into question European civilization as such.
Det er en stor industri i min egen valgkreds, Lancashire, og vi står for øjeblikket i den latterlige situation, at europæiske virksomheder har en stor samhandel, men alle ordrer på fly afgives i dollar, ikke i medlemsstaternes egne valutaer eller i euroen.
So if we really want to talk about a single currency associated with a positive solution to the real problems of European economies and social conditions, we need to have the courage to separate out what can be separated - in other words, the procedure for approaching the single currency - from the policies of the Maastricht Treaty, by putting on our agenda the one thing that is essential unless we really want to see the European currency achieved by bringing European civilization to its knees: the amendment and correction of the Maastricht Treaty.
Parlamentarikere klager over den kendsgerning, at med lemsstater gennemfører enorme besparelser »på grund af Maastricht«.
Finally, is it not rather strange that during the hearing Mr Duisenberg asked that parliamentary representatives participate in the future ECB Council or that confidential documents be sent.
Det stimulerer faktisk ikke den europæiske tanke.
Some Members cannot warm to the idea of an independent central bank.
Den virkelige årsag er imidlertid, at ØMU koste hvad det koste vil skal gennemføres ifølge den fastsatte tidsplan.
But strangely enough they are in favour of the euro.
Det er mærkværdigt, at Europa-Parlamentet også synes dette.
I have yet to meet a member of the public who has any confidence in this whole business.
Medlemsstaternes nationale budgetpolitik tager i øjeblikket sigte på at opfylde konvergensnormerne.
Hendrick (PSE). - Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteurs on these monetary reports.
Med dette mål gør nogle medlemsstater bogholderimæssige krumspring, som umuligt kan forenes med målsætningen, nemlig virkelig konvergens.
They have done an excellent job and have covered all the aspects which will be discussed in Dublin.
Det placerer en tidsbombe under ØMU's solide karakter. Jeg hører mærkeligt nok ikke ret meget herom her i Forsamlingen.
They have given a very balanced opinion on how we should give guidance to the Commission and the Ministers in Dublin.
Det gør vi ved at have en stabilitetspagt, der kan bevare disciplinen mellem med lemsstaternes budgetter.
Hautala (V). - (FI) Mr President, I should like first of all to say a few words about the Metten report.
Jeg tror ikke, at der automatisk skal idømmes bøder. En ny ERM er nødvendig, men bør ikke være en forudsætning for at gå ind i den tredje fase.
In his recommendation he tries most commendably to ensure that as many countries as possible can proceed to the third stage of EMU at the beginning of January 1999.
Det Forenede Kongerige har problemer, i højere grad politiske end økonomiske, som jeg er sikker på vil blive løst med et regeringsskifte, og så bliver Det Forenede Kongerige rede til at gå ind i tredje fase under en socialistisk regering.
Our Group too considers it a precondition for the third stage that as many Member States as possible - at the minimum, a majority of them - should be able to proceed to it.
Et meget mærkværdigt tilfælde er ændringsforslag nr. 15 i sektion II i Christodoulou-betænkningen. Han synes, at Grækenland skal have en særbehandling på grund af højere udgifter til forsvar.
However, it is not entirely unproblematic in this connection how it proves possible to solve the equation: the solution proposed is that the convergence criteria be interpreted non-arithmetically.
Kan Nederlandene så måske også betinge sig en undtagelse i betragtning af store udgifter til diger og kystsikringsanlæg? Vor Oosterschelde-dæmning kostede otte mia gylden.
This could also be described as creative interpretation.
Endelig er det ikke så mærkeligt, at der under hr. Duisenbergs høring blev anmodet om deltagelse af repræsentanter for Parlamentet i ECB's fremtidige råd eller om tilsendelse af fortrolige dokumenter. Nogle kolleger kan ikke vænne sig til tanken om en uafhængig centralbank.
However, I should like to draw attention to the fact that, for example, the Director of Eurostat has said in Parliament that there are many grey areas in the Member States with regard to efforts to reduce budget deficits and that all should be clarified before 1998 so that equal treatment of all countries can be ensured.
Mærkeligt nok
One example is the inclusion
Derfor vil det også være nødvendigt at overholde konvergenskriterierne og en eller anden form for stabilitetspagt, også selv om man ikke bevæger sig i retning af den fælles valuta; dette for ikke at udsætte det europæiske økonomiske
If you ask industry what economic conditions it needs in order to take on another worker, it will say that, firstly, it wants low interest rates so that it can borrow to invest. Secondly, where trade is across national borders it wants protection
Secchi system og det europæiske marked, som knyttes stadig tættere sammen, for risikoen for rystelser med alle mulige alvorlige konsekvenser.
Obviously the answer to this is the euro and the euro will boost many industries across Europe and help improve the job situation as a whole.
Moretti (ELDR). - (IT) Hr. formand, søndag aften den 24. november arbejdede ØKO-FIN-Rådet under en ekstraordinær samling ihærdigt på at komme julemanden en helt måned i forkøbet over for italienerne og finde en genial løsning, nemlig fastsættelsen af en vekselkurs på 990 for liren over for den tyske mark inden for Det Europæiske Monetære Systems valutakursmekanisme; jeg skal minde om, at vekselkursen for liren nogle få uger forinden lå på 1010 til 1020.
and in my view the same requirement also exists for the macro sector of public spending. This, in the various Member States, not only raises frequent problems of a comprehensive nature, associated with the need to make the role of the State within the economy less cumbersome and to release resources for the market, but also causes distortions within the more important sectors of public spending - welfare, health and public-sector employment -which, with their automated systems and rules, distort spending in such a manner as to make the stability pact either lacking in credibility or a politically intolerable straitjacket for many countries.
Og ikke kun det, men denne løsning indebærer en yderligere forringelse af de små og mellemstore virksomheders indtægter, virksomheder, som i forvejen lider under et uretfærdigt skattesystem, og som nu må overveje frem tiden, og hvorledes de skal kunne overleve med et valuta kurssystem, der stiller dem ugunstigt.
Another area which is very important and again a key industry for Europe is the aerospace industry. This is a large industry in my own constituency in Lancashire and we have the ludicrous situation at the moment where European companies are working closely with one another but all orders for aircraft are made in dollars rather than in Member States' own currencies or in the euro
Imidlertid lider konvergenskriterierne og stabilitetspagten under en approach, som jeg ville kalde regnskabsmæssig, som alene er kvantitativ, og som ikke beskæftiger sig med sammensætningen af indtægterne og udgifterne på de offentlige budgetter, men begrænser sig til at undersøge saldiene på disse budgetter.
In conclusion, we would point out the need to proceed with clear-headedness, both as regards the problems of coordinating tax revenues and as regards the need to compare different forms of coordination, although the subject is a very difficult one as regards the make-up of public spend ing.
Den monetære konvergens i Den Europæiske Union har i 1996 været imponerende trods det uheldige økonomiske klima.
Hyland (UPE). - Mr President, a single currency should result in lower interest rates in many parts of the European Union.
Hvis dette fortsætter, vil næsten alle medlemsstaterne, der ønsker det, kunne indtræde i den tredje fase af Den Europæiske Monetære Union den 1. januar 1999.
The Irish pound, as one of the smaller currencies in the Union, has sometimes been subject to external pres sures which in turn resulted in very high interest rates.
I de enkelte medlemsstater skaber et sådant krav ikke kun problemer af generel art i forbindelse med nødvendigheden af at mindske statens rolle i økonomien og at frigøre ressourcer, som tilflyder markedet, men det skaber også problemer på grund af forskelle mellem de største offentlige udgiftsområder, nemlig social sikring, sundhedsvæsen og offentligt ansatte, som med den automatik og de regler, der i øjeblikket findes på disse områder, er underlagt bestemte udgiftsmønstre, der gør, at stabilitetspagten bliver enten lidet troværdig eller ligefrem en spændetrøje, som politisk set er uacceptabel for mange lande.
Secchi (PPE). - (LT) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there are a few further thoughts I should like to contribute to this extremely important debate, thoughts prompted by the fact that the globalization of financial markets is meaning that economic convergence between the Member States is indispensable even if only to guarantee a balanced growth of their financial markets without drastic consequences for the real economy.
Hvilken målestok vil man anvende på arbejdsløshedsproblemerne, på de offentlige udgifter, på rentesatsen og inflationsraten, som i Italien har nået et historisk lavt niveau alene som følge af et fald i forbruget?
One of the biggest costs confronting small and mediumsized business, where the bulk of today's jobs are to be found, is the cost of servicing the capital which is being borrowed to fund such things as product development or property and equipment purchases.
Den enkelte stats gode vilje er ikke tilstrækkelig til at sikre et fuldt medlemskab af Den Europæiske Union; ej heller er euro skatten, som Italien har foreslået, tilstrækkelig.
Taking out a mortgage to buy a house is usually the largest and most expensive personal financial commitment entered into by most people.
Det er tvingende nødvendigt, at alle stater underkaster sig på forhånd aftalte, stramme betingelser, også hvad angår manøvremarginerne.
Interest rate fluctuations have meant that borrowing for business expansion or house buying has proven to be a very risky undertaking, often resulting in bankruptcy or house repossessions when interest rates have drifted above the average levels.
Ud fra disse betragtninger ønsker vi at henlede opmærksomheden på nødvendigheden af at arbejde videre ud fra denne filosofi, dels hvad angår problematikken vedrørende koordineringen af skatteindtægter, dels hvad angår nødvendigheden af at udvikle former for koordinering med hensyn til sammensætningen af de offentlige udgifter, også selv om dette er et meget følsomt område.
This situation simply must not be a one-off type of result, but must be guaranteed on a permanent basis. Hence, even without the forthcoming single currency, respect for convergence criteria and some kind of stability pact would be necessary in any case in order not to expose the European economic system and its market - which are more and more closely associated - to the dangers of a shock effect which would have all kinds of serious consequences.
Det irske pund, der er en af de mindre valutaer i Unionen, har undertiden været udsat for ydre pres, som har medført meget høje renter. Irlands mulighed for at komme med i en stor valutazone, der kan modstå ydre pres, bifaldes af de fleste irere.
A single currency should encourage lower interest and mortgage rates and in the process allow small and mediumsized businesses to operate in a more stable environment and also reduce the pressure on home owners to service their mortgages.
En af de største omkostninger for de små og mellemstore virksomheder, der jo har det største jobskabende potentiale, er renten på den kapital, der lånes til at finansiere produkt udvikling eller anskaffelse af fast ejendom og udstyr.
Moretti (ELDR). - (IT) Mr President, on the evening of Sunday, 24 November 1996, the extraordinary Council of economic and finance ministers worked flat out to arrange for Father Christmas to visit the Italians a month early, and to come up with a brilliant solution - fixing the lira within the exchange mechanism of the European Monetary System at a rate of 990 to the German mark; it may be remembered that the lira exchange rate a few weeks earlier was 1010-1020.
Lån til køb af fast ejendom er normalt den største og dyreste udgift, som enkeltpersoner sætter sig i.
This is a worrying development, bearing in mind that this decision will significantly reduce the former encouraging prospects for exports from northern Italy.
Renteudsving har betydet, at lån til udvidelse af virksomheden eller til huskøb har vist sig at være et meget risikabelt foretagende, som ofte har resulteret i konkurser eller tvangssalg, når renten er steget mere end vanligt.
Not only that, but these moves impose a further penalty on the incomes of small- and mediumsized enterprises, already persecuted by a perverse tax system - they are going to have to think about their futures and about how to live with an unfavourable exchange rate.