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Angående det andet mål - at udstyre Unionen med passende midler til at gennemføre en mere effektiv uden rigspolitik - mener vi, at der har manglet politisk vilje i FUSP, og med hensyn til handelspolitikken har den i sandhed lidt skibbrud, idet artikel 113, som omhandler handelspolitikken, er urokkelig.
As regards the second objective - providing the Union with the means suitable for a more effective foreign policy, we think there was too little political willpower on common foreign and security policy and we would men tion trade policy, where Article 113 dealing with trade policy became totally bogged down.
Hvad angår det tredje mål - at forbedre institutionernes procedurer med henblik på udvidelsen - har fiaskoen været så stor, at man hellere skulle have udskudt afslutningen af konferencen.
In the third objective - improving the operation of the institutions with a view to enlargement - the failure was on such a scale that it would have been better to postpone the end of the conference.
Og endelig kan man heller ikke sige, at afskaffelsen af tredjebehandlingen i den fælles beslutningsprocedure har været noget fantastisk resultat. Dette viser, hvor få mål man har nået på konferencen.
Nor can the cancellation of the third reading in the codecision procedure be regarded as any great result either.
Den belgiske premierminister har uden omsvøb betegnet den institutionelle del som en fiasko.
Thirdly, the Union must make a clear and decisive choice in favour of sustainable development.
Men vi her, i hvert fald flertallet, er så civiliserede.
Improvements have been made to the Treaty, but the main instrument -eco-taxation - is still blocked by the need for unanimity in the Council.
Vi er så søde, kære herre, vi lider i den grad af statsmandskunst, at vi ikke længere siger, hvad det egentlig handler om, for dernæst efter et par måneder at beklage os over, at vi ikke bliver taget alvorligt.
Following the failure of Maastricht II, more and more voices in various groups have been calling for lessons to be learnt in terms of the Intergovernmental Conference format.
Hvis vi nu engang begyndte med at tage os selv alvorligt, til at begynde med de ord, vi sagde i går og allerede i dag tager i os igen.
The big question here in political terms is of course what to do next.
Vi kræver en mere seriøs revision af traktaten med henblik på udvidelsen, og fra Parlamentets side kan vi ikke acceptere, uden at vi dog er tilhængere af et korporativt system, at man nægter os den samstemmende udtalelse på tidspunktet for oprettelsen af den europæiske politiske union, som alle borgere kræver.
But it should not start by making itself a laughingstock with a resolution which goes against public opinion, media analysis and Parliament's own better judgement in giving an assessment that our electors would not see as an honest political evaluation.
For det tredje var Unionen nødt til at tage afgørende skridt hen imod et tydeligt valg for bæredygtig udvikling.
Lalumière (ARE). - (FR) Mr President, much had been hoped for from the European Council in Amsterdam.
Efter Maastricht li-fiaskoen hører jeg hos de forskellige grupper stadig flere røster for at uddrage en lære af regeringskonferencemodellen.
Aelvoet (V). - (NL) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the question we need to consider today is the condition in which the Union ship has left the port of Amsterdam.
Og på det punkt er det politiske spørgsmål selvfølgelig, hvordan vi kommer videre.
Is it equipped to withstand extremely stormy weather and to cope with the jagged rocks that lie ahead of us?
Hvem kommer reelt til at tage sig af de europæiske interesser?
There seems absolutely no point to me in taking a magnifying glass to look for the positive points, the notorious 'small steps forward'.
Men i så fald ikke ved først at gøre sig til grin i en fælles beslutning, der mod den offentlige mening, mod medier nes analyse og mod bedre viden gør en status op, som vælgeren ikke kan anerkende som en ærlig politisk status.
If a house is crooked and its foundations, are collapsing, we do not walk around it admiring the equipment in the kitchen or the furniture in the living room. We assess the damage honestly and consider how to put things right.
Aelvoet (V). - (NL) Hr. formand, ærede kolleger, det spørgsmål, vi i dag skal udtale os om, er, i hvilken stand Unionens skib er stævnet ud fra Amsterdams havn.
Parliament was always convinced that, after Amsterdam, the Union would need to be ready to face three major challenges.
Er det udrustet til at klare voldsomt stormvejr, og kan det klare de vanskelige skær, vi ved, ligger ude i horisonten.
As well as EMU, we also need a political union to counterbalance the one-sided monetarist approach that has led millions of Europeans to associate the euro, even before it is introduced, with social disintegration and job losses.
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But we do not yet have a European
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Jeg ser deri en anerkendelse af nationalstaternes betydning for, at Unionen fungerer godt, og af en beslutningstagning så tæt på borgerne som muligt.
- towards further centralization, and totally overlooks the fact that the map of Europe has undergone a fundamental change since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Sandheden er'mere trist, og det er allerede blevet sagt, at Amsterdam desværre ikke var en succes.
Indeed, it is the institutional questions left by Amsterdam that are the worst.
På visse punkter vil jeg naturligvis lykønske det nederlandske formandskab med, at resultatet ikke kun er negativt. Det gælder for eksempel den fælles valuta.
And yet that was supposed to be the central point of the summit, based on months of preparation by a Intergovernmental Conference in which Parliament was partly associated.
Når alt kommer til alt er euroen nu kommet over en hindring, og det glæder os, lige som vi glæder os over den økonomiske og sociale del, som endelig tager hensyn til vækst og beskæftigelse.
The optimists will tell us that the European Parliament has emerged stronger as a result of the extension of the codecision procedure, and it is true that the new Treaty does seem to strengthen our legislative powers.
Det er for øvrigt med hensyn til institutionerne, at resultatet fra Amsterdam er mest negativt.
Even though, in this area, the Amsterdam text is sufficiently ambiguous to lend itself to restrictive interpretation.
Jeg håber ikke, det bliver tilfældet, men vi er på vagt.
I hope it will not come to that, but we are on the alert.
En styrkelse af de europæiske institutioner synes at være logisk for at undgå, at Unionen mister sin slagkraft som en følge af udvidelsen.
It would seem logical to strengthen the European institutions to prevent the Union from losing effectiveness as a result of enlargement.
Men en Union, der fremover muligvis kommer til at omfatte 24 stater kan ikke bygge videre på en model, der oprindelig blev skabt til seks lande.
But if we are to have a Union of perhaps 24 states in future, we cannot continue to build on a model originally designed for six.
En udvidelse med et par lande eller tre kan stadig lade sig gøre på grundlag af Amsterdam, men et effektivt samarbejde mellem 24 lande kræver en anderledes opbygget Europæisk Union.
The addition of another two or three Member States would be possible on the basis of the Amsterdam Treaty, but the European Union needs a rather different structure if there is to be effective cooperation between 24 countries.
Det kræver, at Unionens nuværende form og indhold samt Europa-Parlamentets rolle sættes under debat.
That is why we need to have fundamental talks on the current form and substance of the Union and on the role of the European Parliament.
Tværtimod er den bærende tanke bag traktaten at opnå øget demokrati og styringsevne ved en øget koncentration af beføjelser på europæisk plan.
On the contrary, the thinking behind the Treaty was to increase democracy and governability by concentrating more powers at European level.
Hvis vi i dag tilslutter os hele den institutionelle reform, som den er os foreslået, tjener vi bestemt ikke vor institutions interesser.
But if, today, we were to give our backing to the entire institutional reform package as presented to us, we should certainly be doing nothing for the prestige of our institution.
I månedsvis har vi gentaget, at vi ønskede en styrkelse af institutionerne, om ikke andet så for at muliggøre de kommende udvidelser.
For months, we have been saying that we wanted stronger institutions, if only to pave the way for the forthcoming enlargements.
Men det er tydeligvis ikke nok.
Well, the failings are obvious.
Vi er stadig langt fra en fuldstændig ophævelse af reglen om enstemmighed.
The abandonment of the unanimity rule is far from becoming a reality.
Mange sektorer er endnu ikke underlagt kvalificerede flertalsafstemninger, for eksempel sociale anliggender, beskatning, indre og retlige anliggender, som fremover bliver fællesskabsanliggender osv. Selv vedtagelsen af en kommende statut for parlamentsmedlemmer skal afgøres ved enstemmighed i Rådet.
Many sectors still escape qualified majority voting: social affairs, taxation, internal and judicial matters that have now been communitized, etc. Even the adoption of a future official status of European Member of Parliament will require a unanimous Council.
Det Europæiske Råd har endnu ikke løst problemet med vægtningen af stemmer, og heller ikke med antal kommissærer. Det har ikke anerkendt Unionen som en juridisk person.
Nor has the European Council dealt with the problem of the weighting of votes, or with the problem of the number of Commissioners.
Det har vedtaget en meget flertydig revisionsprocedure for traktaterne, der skal ske inden udvidelsen. Både på disse punkter og på mange flere er de tekster, som vi har vedtaget i de sidste to år, meget mere ambitiøse end den tekst, som skal blive til Amsterdamtraktaten.
It has provided for a highly ambiguous procedure for revising the Treaties before the coming enlargements.
Efter min mening vil denne centralisering på længere sigt føre til et resultat, der er modsat det tilsigtede, nemlig en vanskeliggørelse af udvidelsen, mindre styringsevne og mindre demokrati.
In my view, this centralization will, in the longer term, produce the exact opposite of what was intended, by hampering enlargement and restricting governability and democracy.
Allerede i den nuværende Union med 15 medlemmer er der alvorlige mangler med hensyn til samarbejde og overholdelse af EU-lovbestemmelser. Hvordan mon det kommer til at forholde sig i en udvidet Union med en endnu større mangfoldighed inden for kultur, retssystem, politiske traditioner og velstandsniveau?
Even with the present Union of 15 Member States, there are serious failings when it comes to cooperation and compliance with European legislation, so how will things be with an enlarged Union and an even wider diversity of cultures, legal systems, political traditions and standards of living?
Og vil de lande, der netop har genvundet national suverænitet, frivilligt afgive store dele af den til Bruxelles?
And will countries which have only just won their own sovereignty be prepared to hand most of it over to Brussels?
Allerede i Amsterdam viste der sig at være grænser for integration.
Integration already appeared to be reaching its limits at Amsterdam.
Derfor ønsker vi, at der afholdes en ny regeringskonference så hurtigt som muligt for at sikre en effektiv, reel forberedelse af de kommende udvidelser, eller i hvert tilfælde en reform af traktaterne.
That is why we hope that another Intergovernmental Conference will be set up as quickly as possible to prepare, effectively and sincerely, for the forthcoming enlargements; or at the very least we hope to see a further reform of the Treaties.
Hvis statsog regerings cheferne kun kan tage små skridt fremad, må vi give dem mulighed for at tage rigtig mange.
If the Heads of State and Govern ment can only advance on tiptoe, let us at least give them the opportunity to tiptoe a long way.
I det lange løb når de så måske et resultat, som endelig kan være tilfredsstillende.
And then, perhaps, they will eventually arrive at a satisfactory result.
Et andet vigtigt spørgsmål er, om borgerne kan identificere sig med en Europæisk Union, hvor beslutningerne tages på stor afstand.
Another important question is whether people can identify with a European Union in which decisions are taken at such a distance.
Kan de stadig føle sig demokratisk repræsenteret af et Parlament, der maksimalt må vokse til 700 medlemmer, omfatter 24 statsborgerskaber og mange sprog, og som den nationale politiske mangfoldighed desuden efterhånden har vanskeligt ved at trænge igennem til?
Can they feel democratically represented by a Parliament which could grow to have 700 Members with 24 nationalities and a large number of languages, and where national political diversity will scarcely be reflected? We seem to assume all too readily that a vastly expanded institutional structure will enable us to conquer evil in the world and build a better society.
Der gås alt for let ud fra, at vi kan sejre over al
President de Gaulle once said that it is difficult to make an omelette out of six boiled eggs, let alone 15 or 24.
Van der Waal (I-EDN). - (NL) Hr. formand, under særdeles vanskelige forhold er det lykkedes for det nederlandske formandskab på topmødet i Amsterdam at afslutte
Whether those who drafted the Treaty share the same thoughts I very much doubt, because - and this is where the root of my objections lies - the Amsterdam Treaty continues to build on the old idea of a united Europe.
Det er mit håb, at Europas fremtidige struktur endnu inden Unionens udvidelse kan blive genstand for en grundlæggende diskussion.
For instance, if you want SFOR in Yugoslavia to have a new task and its mandate extended, you can decide on that, regardless of the provisions of the new foreign and security policy.
Afstemningen finder sted kl. 12.00.
The vote will take place at noon.
Der er et klart tilbageskridt i forbindelse med indførelsen af den frie bevægelighed, fordi traktaten kræver enstemmige beslutninger for de næste fem år. Men i ti år var der mulighed for at beslutte med flertal, og regeringerne gjorde det alligevel ikke!
So long as the governments do not do what they themselves decided, namely translate the Delors White Paper and the Santer employment package into political action, they can introduce as many employment chapters as they want in the Treaty.
Vi kritiserer bestemmelserne i den fælles udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitik som helt utilfredsstillende.
Incidentally, the point about fully applying the provisions of the Treaty applies to the European Parliament too.
Hänsch (PSE). - (DE) Hr. formand, Amsterdamtraktaten er ikke nogen toppræstation, og der er ingen grund til at juble.
Hansen (PSE). - (DE) Mr President, the Amsterdam Treaty is no peak achievement and there is no cause for rejoicing.
Traktaten fortjener imidlertid heller ikke den forkastelse, den ondskabsfuldhed og den foragt, som mange kommentarer hælder ud over den.
But nor does the Treaty deserve the disapproval, scorn and contempt many speakers are heaping on it.
Den vil vise sig at være bedre end det rygte, den har i dag.
It will prove itself better than its present reputation.
Javist, sammenlignet med de kæmpemæssige problemer, som Europa står over for, har stats- og regeringscheferne alle til hobe vist sig at være dværge.
Certainly, compared with the gigantic problems facing Eu rope, the heads of state and government have all turned out to be dwarfs.
Hr. formand for Det Europæiske Råd, af tydelige grunde gælder det bestemt ikke for Dem!
Mr President of the European Council, for obvious reasons that really does not apply to you!
Den nye traktat er en rodet affære ligesom den gamle.
The new Treaty has remained the same mishmash as the old one.
Der er ikke spor af forenkling og klarhed!
Not a trace of simplification and clarity!
Men først og fremmest: Traktaten gør, at Den Europæiske Union endnu ikke er i stand til at udvide sig.
But' above all, the Treaty still does not make the European Union capable of enlargement.
Inden den første tiltrædelse skal der ske en yderligere reform af institutionerne.
We need further institutional reform before the next accession.
Altså, vi har brug for denne Amsterdam-traktat, vi vil ikke standse ved den, hr. rådsformand, den hidtidige metode for traktatændring er slut.
So we need this Amsterdam Treaty and we will not stand still; but, Mr President of the Council, the method used so far for amending the Treaty is finished.
Hvis De fortsætter på denne måde, vil De fremover udrette stadig mindre, indtil De står foran ingenting.
If you continue in this manner you will achieve less and less in future, until you are faced with nothing.
Hurtigere end De tror, vil Unionen være tvunget til yderligere reformer.
The Union will be forced into further reforms sooner than you might think.
Vi i Europa-Parlamentet vil sørge for, at visionen her ikke går tabt om et handledygtigt, retfærdigt, demokratisk, forenet Europa, der skaber arbejde og sikrer freden!
We in the European Parliament will ensure that in so doing it does not lose sight of the vision of a just, democratic, united Europe with the ability to act, to create jobs and to secure peace.
I den forbindelse er det vigtigere at forøge feltet for flertalsafgørelser i Rådet end at mindske antallet af kom missærer.
Here it is more important to broaden the margin for majority decisions in the Council than to reduce the number of Commissioners.
Målt efter det, der ville være nødvendigt i Unionen, er traktaten utilstrækkelig.
The Treaty does not measure up to all that needs to be done in the Union.
Målt efter den gældende Maastricht-traktat er den nye et væsentligt frem skridt.
But measured against the existing Maastricht Treaty, the new Treaty represents notable progress.
Parlamentet er blevet styrket væsentligt.
Parliament has been strength ened considerably.
Vi er medlovgivere, og det som ligeberettigede.
We are co-legislators, with equal rights.
Javist er der mangler, men de kan korrigeres.
Certainly, there are some gaps, but they can be filled.
Hvis man for to år siden havde forudsagt, at det ville lykkes at erstatte hele samarbejdsproceduren med den fælles beslutningsprocedure, var man blevet anset for en fantast!
If anyone had prophesied two years ago that it would prove possible to replace the entire cooperation procedure with the codecision procedure he would have been regarded as a nutcase!
Vores strategi med hensyn til at koncentrere os om den fælles beslutningstagning, har været en succes.
Why does the Council feel it necessary to take a decision on this for us?
Vores to repræsentanter havde succes.
Would it not be something better left to Parliament itself?
Det var Elmar Brok og Elisabeth Guigou, og de har jo i et år under vanskelige forhold været med til at udarbejde traktaten.
Our two representatives, Elmar Brok and Elisabeth Guigou, were successful, after spending a year involved in drafting the Treaty under difficult conditions.
Maij-Weggen (PPE). - (NL) Hr. formand, kære kolleger, allerførst også fra vores side hjertelig velkommen til ministerpræsident Kok her i Europa-Parlamentets bygning i Bruxelles.
I now hear that attempts are being made to tinker with the Treaty retrospectively because in some cases the codecision right was not established systematically, that attempts are being made to withdraw the codecision right again in cases where the Council has to t decide unanimously. I must warn against that!
De har måske lagt mærke til, at der her er et enormt kompleks under opførelse, der skal sikre os husly i Bruxelles også efter udvidelsen.
We are positive about the way in which the position of ordinary citizens has been strengthened in the Treaties.
Set på den baggrund er Rådets beslutning om, at Parlamentet skal mødes i Strasbourg tolv gange om året, blevet modtaget med blandede følelser.
We shall be urging the Commission to come up with some directives very quickly, so that the new provisions can be made a real force for change in society.
Hvorfor finder Rådet det nødvendigt at tage den beslutning på vore vegne?
Yes, I too would have wished for a better Treaty, but a better Treaty is no use failing the will to implement and apply it in full.
Er det ikke noget, man hellere burde overlade til Parlamentet selv?
The Treaty is a step backwards in terms of establishing freedom of movement because it requires unanimous decisions for the next five years.
Forhandlingerne om resultaterne af Amsterdam-topmødet er præget af blandede følelser.
We are also positive about the steps taken regarding openness and democracy in the Union, though here again we need implementing directives to flesh out the new articles on openness.
Blandede, fordi vi er
We are also positive
Jeg nærmer mig afslutningen.
IN THE CHAIR: MRS FONTAINE Vice-President about the partial consolidation of the Union's democratic standards.
Udvidelsen er alt for vigtig til, at den skal gå i stå på grund af uviljen omkring regeringskonferencen.
If I have calculated correctly from Elmar Brok's list, the European Parliament will soon have the final say on around 80 % of all European legislation, and I agree with our group chairman when he says that Parliament has certainly emerged the winner in this Treaty.
Og dog vil også jeg anbefale, at man om tre til fire år på ny kigger på indre sikkerhed, udenrigspolitik, flygtninge- og asylpolitik, samt på stemmevægtningen og beslutningsprocessen, for at få hjemme arbejdet færdig, inden tiltrædelsen.
Azzolini (UPE). - (IT) Mr President, ladies and gentle men, the draft Amsterdam Treaty is the result of a fifteen month-long conference, during which proposals from all the institutional and other players engaged in the revision of the treaty were evaluated, and the negotiations, which were not always easy, produced the compromise of this draft treaty, agreed and initialled the Member States.
Når det kommer til stykket, har Unionen jo ofte ydet sit bedste under stort pres.
It cannot be good for more than ECU 50 billion to be spent on agriculture in particular without any parliamentary control. trol.
positive over for det, der trods alt er opnået, men fordi vi jo alligevel bør kritisere det, der enten kun halvt eller overhovedet ikke er opnået.
There were great expectations of this reform, and there has been great progress, but there is also great disappointment.
Vi er også positive over for de forbedrede artikler vedrørende ligebehandling af mænd og kvinder.
We certainly applaud this positive thrust and we will back it, but that is not all.
Men i den forbindelse må vi dog beklage, at den direkte virkning mangler. Vi vil tilskynde Kommissionen til hurtigt at udstikke retningslinier, så ledes at de nye artikler virkelig bliver praktisk anvende lige og reelt kan betyde noget for borgerne i samfundet.
We also take a favourable view of the progress achieved in the area of more genuine and effective integration, for example the compromise which has led to agreement on the budget stability pact, the inclusion of the social protocol in the treaty, the new chapter on employment, the strengthening of certain com mon policies like the environment, health, consumer protection, inclusion in the treaty of the Schengen acquis, the advancs made for EUROPOL, the establishment of a forward planning and early warning unit under the CFSP, and the extension and simplification of the codecision procedure.
Sluttelig et par ord om formandskabet under ét.
Unfortunately, there are also a number of negative points, especially in the policy area.
Hr. van Mierlo fortjener vor påskønnelse på menneskerettighedsområdet, fru De Boer for sine udmærkede præstationer inden for C02politikken, hr. Melkert for en solid indsats på beskæftigelsesområdet, og hr. Pronk for sin påskønnelseværdige indsats for Afrika.
The fact that our approach to organized crime and crossborder cooperation on police and judicial affairs is still not really off the ground is a serious matter, and actually defies belief when you think how the Mafia is gaining ground in Central and Eastern Europe.
Påskønnelsen her af vor nederlandske ministerpræsident er uomstridt.
It now presents a major threat to enlargement and the role of the European Union.