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Denne debat vil vise sig nyttig, dersom den bidrager til at klarlægge de initiativer, de handlinger og de ændringer, som må foretages for at råde bod på de opståede forsinkelser, fjerne hindringerne og således mest muligt fremme processen for den europæiske enhed.
If we are serious about improving the state of our Union we will need passion and clarity and honesty with our citizens. If the governments of' Europe believe in the Union they must say so and then trust the people of Europe to respond.
Blot har vi ikke i del mindste behov for et europæisk »unionsborgerskab« udtænkt med henblik på at tvinge de europæiske folk til at sluge beslutninger, som de ikke vil vide af. navnlig for eksempel alskens supplerende rettigheder for ikke-europæiske fremmede, som alt for nemt — det ved vi — vil kunne opnå unionsborgerskabet ved siden af' deres egen nationalitet.
More than 50 million people in Central and Eastern Europe live below the poverty line, without a social safety net, without any prospect of rapid or adequate assistance.
De europæiske folks borgere er europæiske børgere in se: europæiske borgere må nødvendigvis også være borgere af de europæiske folk. og vi har altså ikke brug for et europæisk »unionsborgerskab«.
Today's self-examination by the European Union in this House on the state of the Union has brought to light many of the unresolved problems, the deficits that exist and the tasks to be tackled.
Kenneth Collins (PSE). — (EN) Hr. formand, jeg er overbevist om. at folk her i Europa-Parlamentet vil lytte til mig med begejstring efter den gang vås. vi netop har hørt.
I hope that the European Union will rise to greater heights in view of the challenges that have been described in detail today.
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Lööw (PSE). — (SV) Mr President, how is the Union faring?
Ja. jeg har vist aldrig fået sådan et bifald så hurtigt før.
Our citizens want us to safeguard peace in Europe.
Der er tale om ændringer af traktaterne, som utvivlsomt vil bevirke en hurtigere takt i vedtagelserne af de fælles former for politik og Fællesskabets initiativ på aftalte områder.
We shall not do that simply by discussing monetary cooperation, however urgent that may seem in the eyes of many.
Jeg tænker f.eks. på sikkerheds- og forsvarspolitikken eller på fredsinitiativerne i og uden for Europa eller på et mere effektivt virke for den indre sikkerhed og justitsvæsenet osv.
We shall only do that by seriously dealing with unemployment and the environment as interlinked issues and by endeavouring to transform the costs of unemployment into something constructive.
1 tidligere taler her i dag har man fremhævet behovet for en mere integreret Europæisk Union al" hensyn til freden, konkurrenceevnen, den racemæssige harmoni og tilvejebringelsen af stabile beskæftigelsesmuligheder.
Spiers (PSE). — Mr President, this has been a fairly gloomy debate and I shall add to the gloom by focusing on one particular area of policy which alienates many citizens from the European Union and which so far, regrettably, does not appear to be on the agenda for the IGC: the common agricultural policy.
Det er meget værdige mål sætninger, og jeg er ikke uenig på noget område.
This morning Mr González rightly cautioned against trying simply to abolish the CAP.
Men vi må også erkende, at Europa har begrænsede ressourcer til rådighed og derfor er underkastet begrænsninger med hensyn til den måde. hvorpå disse ressourcer og ressourcerne i resten af verden bliver udnyttet.
Of course, nobody is really trying to do that but we must caution against undue complacency about the CAP as it currently exists.
Traktaten om Den Europæiske Union forpligter os til at finde bæredygtige løsninger og integrere miljøpolitikken på alle andre områder, men De vil medgive mig. at det er yderst væsentligt, at vort engagement ikke er begrænset til det verbale plan.
Citizens want more democracy and openness in Europe. The freedom of information principle must therefore be applied in all bodies, and the decisionmaking process must be made more transparent.
Vi må starte der. men man må ikke opleve, at vi også stopper der.
Citizens want a Europe which looks after their interests.
Det kan gerne være. at der hersker tvivl om det europæiske koncepts popularitet og om anerkendelsen af dette koncept blandt de euroskeptiske elementer i medlemsstaterne.
Wage-earners, consumers, women, the disabled, immigrants — all must be made to feel that European cooperation also recognizes their special rights.
Det står dog også fast. at Euro-barometer igen og igen viser, at miljøpolitikken og kontrollen med forureningen er accepteret blandt det store flertal af' borgerne i samtlige medlemsstater, og at disse ting bliver opfattet somen nødvendig og altafgørende politik fra Unionens side.
These include the central aim of increasing agricultural production whereas in most areas we produce too much. And they include the categorization of animals merely as agricultural products, rather than sentient beings, an approach which is particularly unpopular in my country.
Formanden for Rådet har her i formiddags omtalt en tidsplan, på grundlag af hvilken proceduren naturligvis ikke kan tilendebringes før 1998.
If we create complicated mies and set up a huge bureaucracy, yet considerable scope for fraud and irregularities remains, we shall not win respect for the system.
Men der er visse områder, på hvilke man ikke kan afvente 1998!
Worst of all are the arcane complexities and subsidies of the agricultural policy, which must be reformed.
Derer tale om forhold, på grundlag af hvilke Europatankens troværdighed eller den indbyrdes sammenhæng mellem principbeslutninger og virkeligheden måles.
But it is very encouraging that the Commission has now decided to reappraise the system in earnest, to prevent irregularities and take serious steps to combat fraud.
Der er tale om mål, der tidligere er udpeget adskillige gange, men som endnu ikke er nået.
If" citizens can see clearly that our cooperation is effective and has a human dimension, I also think that they will regain confidence in the European Union.
Jeg tænker f.eks. den frie bevægelighed for personer — jeg ved, at Kommissionen allerede har taget et initiativ på dette område — jeg tænker på den fuldstændige udbygning af det indre marked, på den fælles mønt, den sociale pagt og alt. hvad denne medfører.
It is also striking that in a European Union where 80% of the people live in towns or cities, some three-quarters of the money spent by the European Union goes to the countryside and 507c of the budget goes to the common agricultural policy.
Af disse og talrige andre grunde vil den nationale dimension vise sig stedse mindre utilstrækkelig og hensigtsmæssig, dette gælder f.eks. kampen mod arbejdsløsheden — 18 millioner arbejdsløse er nævnt her i formiddag også af udvalgsformand Martens — eller det stadig mere indviklede spørgsmål om immigrationen fra stater uden for Europa.
For this reason we should give serious consideration to giving the reformed Treaty a clear urban dimension but we must also ensure that the agricultural budget is better spent: that it genuinely helps rural areas, improves the quality of our food and safeguards the environment.
Så som Europæisk Union har vi en lejlighed til at fremme integrationen, som jo er en nødvendighed, samtidig med at vi bedrer og beskytter miljøet ikke blot af hensyn til os selv. men også af hensyn til kommende generationer.
Everybody should recognize that at the moment we are not getting value for money from the common agricultural policy.
Dette indebæreren omorganisering al' Unionens procedurer, således at hele miljøpolitikken bliver genstand for den samme procedure med flertalsafstemninger i Rådet og fælles beslutningstagning.
Although this question goes way beyond the questions of fraud and waste outlined in the Court of Auditors' report, some of the scams revealed in that report are clearly an affront to public opinion in all Member States.
Det ville være en forenkling af traktaten.
Crepaz (PSE). — (DE) Mr President, people expect a great deal from the European Union.
Det ville gøre tingene forståelige for folk.
Unfortunately, in today's debate we find that in many areas we cannot live up to these expectations.
Det ville gøre Den Europæiske Union langt mere acceptabel for denne befolkning.
European women who — and no-one contradicts this — still represent the largest disadvantaged population group in Europe expect the Union to support them in their fight for equal rights.
Det indebærer også. at vi sikrer, at politikken på områder som energi, industri, landbrug, transpon og så videre, alle omfatter en miljøkomponent. Hvilken nytte gøren transportpolitik, som
I personal ly regret this anti-women judgment. But I also regard the judgment as offering the 1996 intergovernmental conference a chance and a job to do.
Jeg vil gerne sige et par ord om statsborgerskabet, som jeg har følgende bemærkninger til:
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Girão Pereira (UPE). — (PT) Hr. formand, mine damer og herrer, som det tidligere er blevet sagt i dag, befinder Unionen sig ved en korsvej, hvor vi kan se klart positive, men også negative tegn.
Medina Ortega (PSE). - (ES) Mr President, I should like to start with a reference to Mr Mitterrand's dictum that national ism means war, which has come in for some criticism and which has been repeated this morning by our President.
Vi må forstå, at den europæiske historie samtidig med at stadfæste nationalstatens borger i dag skal til at spille sin anden store historiske rolle, den europæiske borgers rolle.
The success of the European Union has consisted precisely in ensuring that for almost half a century the peoples of Europe have lived in peace and that has been because we have overcome this obstacle.
For at denne rolle kan spilles og realiseres, kræves gennemsigtighed i de procedurer, der skal kontrolleres og legitimeres at" den europæiske borger. Derfor bør Rådet og Kommissionen opgive deres mistillid over for det lys. der kastes over deres arbejde, hvis der indføres fuld offentlighed.
The other thing we really need to see in our Member States is an end to the schizophrenia of national ministers who so frequently point towards Europe and talk about it as being 'them', somehow ignoring the fact that most of the decisions they are complaining about are legislative decisions in which those ministers participated.
I et demokrati findes ingen hemmeligheder ud over dem. der berører privat livet og den personlige ære og sikkerhed.
If we can get rid ofthat schizophrenia, if we can get that contagion of sound financial manage ment, then I am convinced that the view of the citizens will be much more favourable towards our Union.
Blandt de negative tegn ser vi med bekymring, at en streng gennemførelse af konvergenskriterierne skaber sociale brudflader, navnlig i de mindst udviklede lande. Den sociale pris, der betales for en for de svageste økonomier alt for streng og forhastet monetær union, er allerede meget høj.
But perhaps we have concentrated too much on technical problems: the European Union has been a success from the point of view of its policies, including agricultural policy — certainly an essential factor, I think, in the building of Europe.
For det tredje bør videreudviklingen af det europæiske slatsborgerskab omfatte:
But from the point of view of the citizen's rights it must be said that in many respects the European Union has not yet succeeded.
— først en styrkelse af de gældende konkrete rettigheder.
From this point of view we find that the precepts — the Treaty on European Union as regards European citizenship
— herefter indførelsen af nye rettigheder, f.eks. kriminalise ring af racisme og fremmedhad og ligestilling af de to køn.
Monti, Member of the Commission. — (IT) Mr President, I should like to thank all honourable Members who have spoken during the debate, to which I have listened with great interest.
— og til sidst styrkelsen af de mekanismer, der beskytter menneskerettighederne, så respekten for menneskerettighederne først og fremmest danner kriterium for optagelsen af en ny medlemsstat i Unionen.
The Commission is encouraged and given a boost by the fact that, on as important an occasion as this, devoted specifically to Europe and its citizens, the European Parliament is express ing views that largely reflect the ideas the Commission seeks daily to put into practice.
Den Europæiske borgerer i sin isolation imidlertid ude afstand til at spille sin rolle.
— have not been matched with the necessary legislative development.
Det er beklageligt, at den ellers så vellykkede artikel 138 A i Maastricht-traktaten, som introducerer det europæiske politiske parti, ikke er blevel fulgt op hverken på institutionelt eller politisk plan.
In some cases the governments have preferred an intergovernmental approach — that happened with the Schengen Agreement and we have seen how, recently, one government has simply taken the liberty of suspending the application of the agreement and rendering what had been achieved ineffective.
Den Europæiske Union må undgå at komme i en situation, hvor overdreven teknokratisk styring og visse regeringers voluntarisme fører til afvisning fra borgernes side, de eneste, der er uundværlige for opbygningen af Europa.
Pressure of time prevents me from mentioning individual speeches, but I wish to underline the extent to which they act as a boost and an encouragement to the work of the Commission as it attempts to make Europe a citizens' Europe and not just an economic Europe.
Den Europæiske Union befinder sig uden tvivl ved en korsvej her før regeringskonferencen. I den forbindelse vil jeg på vegne af de politiske kræfter, som jeg repræsenterer inden for UPE-Gruppen, gøre opmærksom pa, at vi i stedet for den stærkt føderalistiske model sætter en model, man kan kalde en »Union af suveræne stater«.
We see this primarily as a duty towards the citizens of Europe and also as a necessary investment, if we want Europe's citizens to continue to be in favour of the European edifice, including when it comes to supporting the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Conference, particularly in those Member States in which referendums will have to be held.
I stedet for en systematisk udvidelse af princippet om flertalsafgørelse, går vi ind foren fastholdelse af enstemmighedsprincippet i forbindelse med vigtige spørgsmål.
I recall that, during his first speech to this House, in July of last year, President Santer put winning back public opinion at the top of the Commission agenda.
Riess-Passer (NI). — (DE) Hr. formand, mine damer og herrer, man har i dag talt meget om. hvordan man kan gøre Europa mere forståelig for borgerne. Man skal helt sikkert ikke presse ned over hovedet på dem, hvilken slags Europa de skal ønske sig.
The intergovernmental method is doomed and it is therefore very appropriate that in preparing for the Intergovernmental Con ference we should be insisting on this Community method which has had so much success.
EU er ikke formynder for landene, ej heller formynder for borgerne, retten udgår tværtimod fra dem og skal også udøves til deres bedste.
In particular I think that all subjects relating to European citizenship which have been included under the so-called 'third pillar' should be transferred to the Community sphere.
Det synes nogle af og til at glemme.
It is possible that the 'second pillar'
Spencer (PPE). — (EN) Hr. formand, vi har i de senere år oplevet intet mindre end et angreb på Den Europæiske Unions intellektuelle og mytiske grundpiller.
— questions of security, defence and international cooperation — is still too closely linked to the sphere of State sovereignty.
For folk på min alder fortaber disse krige sig nu i historien. Der var forskellige holdninger til Den Europæiske Union set fra de gøde udkigspunkter i halvtredserne og tresserne.
Let us not forget that, in the not-so-distant past, autarkic and dictatorial States used the restrictions on the movement of capital that applied to their citizens to curtail their freedom.
Europa var dengang en byggeplads, hvor forskellige meninger om betydningen af de skitserede planer kunne eksistere samtidig.
Nonetheless, in the view of the Commission and of many of those who have spoken in the debate, the institutional and legal basis for developing further a citizens' Europe is not at all satisfactory.
I 1990'erne kan vi se strukturen, og vi kan ikke længere drage fordel al' tvetydig heden i det. som sociologerne ville kalde differentierede forventninger.
We have to recognize that, as things stand, recognition of citizenship of the Union is somewhat fragmentary, somewhat partial and, above all, related to the economic aspects of being a citizen of Europe.
Unionen står overfor i dag. drejer sig ikke kun om dens institutionelle opbygning, men først og fremmest om, hvordan vi skaber institutioner med den konkrete politik, der føres. Derfor vil jeg
I am not one who has frequently been known for offering praise gratuitously, but certainly I want to say, on behalf of many of the members of the Committee on Budgetary Control, that the culture that has been introduced in terms of sound financial management by Commissioner Liikanen, and the fight against fraud by Com missioner Gradin, is extremely welcome.
Det er endvidere ikke overraskende, at noget så væsentligt som den europæiske konstruktion har vakt modgående kræfter til
It is our view that, in the context of the Intergovernmental Conference, we need — and this is the Commission position — to reinforce those positive rights of the citizen that already appear in the Treaty but that we need also to introduce other, new rights.
Spencer føle, at det europæiske samarbejde også anerkender deres særlige rettigheder.
Monti given to the 'Citizens first' initiative by the European Parliament, and I hope that that support will continue into the future.
Der må ikke kun blive tale om Europa for de stærke, såsom mændene, markedet eller producenterne.
rights contained in the European Social Charter and the right to employment and to a high quality environment.
Deres sag manipulerer med skadelige detaljer for at miskreditere selve grundlaget for den europæiske struktur.
My final point, Mr President, is that the Commission considers — and here, I believe, we are in absolute accord with the House — that we have a responsibility not only towards the current citizens of' the Union but also the European citizens of the future.
Vi undervurderer øs selv. hvis vi ikke ser. at vore vælgere forventer, at vi skal hjælpe dem med at fortolke verden, at finde ordene, al komme med skitser til svar på de spørgsmål, man hver dag stiller i pubber, på taverner og på cafeer på hele von kontinent.
These provide us with two ways of leaving future generations of Europeans a natural heritage that is healthier and more intact, through the application of environmental policy, and with improved financial prospects, through the establishment of healthier national budgets.
Borgerne ønsker et hæderligt og sparsommeligt Europa. Medlemsstaterne skraber ikke de fælles ressourcer sammen uden anstrengelse.
I wish now briefly to describe four examples of positive political measures adopted by the Commission with that in mind.
Værst er jo de indviklede regler og støtteforanstaltninger inden for landbrugspolitikken, som må reformeres.
The first is an issue that has just been mentioned: taking care of the wealth of citizens through sound financial manage ment.
I den forbindelse erdet dog meget positivt, at Kommissionen har besluttet sig til at foretage en grundig gennemgang al' systemet og for alvor forebygge svig og bekæmpe bedrageri.
In that connection, let me thank you, on behalf of the Commission, for the expressions of support it has received.
Hvis det er tydeligt for borgerne, at der finder et effektivt og menneskeligt samarbejde sted, så tror jeg også. at tilliden til Den Europæiske Union vender tilbage.
I believe, finally, that this is a very important point in terms of how the European Union is experienced and perceived by all citizens.
Også de europæiske kvinder, der — helt uimodsigeligt — stadig udgør den største dårligt stillede befolkningsgruppe i Europa, forventer Unionens støtte i deres kamp for ligeberettigelse.
I believe that this debate — let me just repeat this and end here — greatly encourages the Commission actively to pursue, with the support of the House, those lines of action which focus on the citizen.
Del Europa, vi har nu. administreres i De Faste Repræsentanters Komité og derunder al' nationale embedsmænd for nationale embedsmænd.
The second positive measure involves freedom of movement for persons, without frontier controls but within a framework of security.
Det Europa, vi har nu. er en kæmpekage. og udskæringen al'denne kage bestemmes al' de nationale embedsmænd, som er i ly for offentlighedens interesse bag et tyndt lag glasur, som består af de periodevise beslutninger pã ministerplan i Rådet.
We cannot accept and — as the Commissioner with responsibility for the single market — I am not prepared to accept that, of the four major freedoms, freedom of movement for persons should be the one to be sacrificed.
Det er en kage. hvor Det Europæiske Rad. toppen, blot erdet stærktl'arvede og meget synlige kirsebær på bygningsværkets top. Det. der er behov for. l'or at offentligheden skal føle tillid, er langt mere åbenhed, langt bedre gennemskuelighed og en langt større rolle til savel de nationale som de europæiske parlamentarikere. '
And, learning the lesson of the Schengen Agreement — in itself satisfactory, albeit not entirely, among other things because it allows no scope for the European Parliament and the Court of Justice — the Commission proposed, in July of this year, a package of three directives which, we hope, will be rapidly approved and which are designed to remove controls on individuals at the internal frontiers of the Union within a framework of not merely continuing but increased security.
For nylig bragte EF-Domstolen i en dom en kvindevenlig kvotaordning til fald.
He also said that the answer to developments such as globalization and the information society had to be more Europe not less.
Personligt beklager jeg denne kvindefjendtlige dom.
This warning is very apposite in regard to employment and social policy in Europe.
Men jeg ser i dommen også en mulighed og en opgave for regeringskonferencen i 1996.
A return to nationalism means primarily paralysis in those areas.
Vi kvinder vil presse voldsomt på. således at der på denne konference skabes et juridisk grundlag i de europæiske grundtraktater for en tidsbegrænset kvotaordning med det formål at etablere en nødvendig positiv særbehandling inden for beskæftigelse.
A striking fact, given Germany's refusal to maintain and approve the poverty programme, is that 1000 specific applications have been received by people from a variety of villages and towns, 807c of them in Germany and the United Kingdom, the selfsame two countries which are blocking this directive on the grounds that it contravenes the subsidiarity principle.
Men også befolkningerne i de central- og østeuropæiske lande har store forventninger til Den Europæiske Union.
So out of excessive self-interest they are blocking the implementation of programmes which would benefit villages and regions in their own countries.
Desværre kan vi heller ikke opfylde disse forventninger i den ønskede udstrækning.
My third example involves focusing increasingly on citizens as consumers.
Alene den forestående integration af de central- og østeuropæiske lande i det indre marked stiller Unionen over for næsten uløselige finansielle, strukturelle og politiske problemer, men hvor disse problemer sammenlignet med problemerne i de østeuropæiske lande sandsynligvis må betegnes som små.
We have talked of placing citizens at the centre of the single market: we should not allow a situation in which citizens think of" the single market as something for business alone: it is first and foremost something for citizens them selves.