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Da en dårlig start ikke er ønskelig, ville det være at foretrække, at den fuldstændige konstituering af Regionsudvalget udsættes et stykke tid.
A region is not measured by size; it is identified by a historical, cultural and social coherence and homogeneity.
Når alt kommer til alt, hvad betyder en lille forsinkelse i forhold til de lange måneders venten, som visse lande har måttet acceptere, før Unionstraktaten omsider blev ratificeret af de andre?«
My home area satisfies these tests, yet it has approximately two-thirds of an MEP. Luxembourg, which is smaller and less populous, has one Commission er, six MEPs and six Members of the Committee of the Regions.
Jeg mener bestemt, at stærke regionale myndigheder i Irland ikke bare ville fremme den demokratiske ansvar lighed, men også sikre deltagelse i processen med europæisk integration og, hvad derer vigtigt, puste nyt liv i de irske landdistrikter ved at give folk magten over deres egen skæbne.
There is a democratic deficit in the European Union and I am not referring merely to the myths which generate so much bad feeling against Europe such as the tendency towards centralization in Europe and the European civil service, which is even more inhuman and monstrous than its national counterparts - all these making Europe more distant and impersonal.
Jeg tror, det ville frigøre en ny dynamik, der ville blive et vigtigt samlingspunkt for økonomisk genrejsning og skabe ny selvtillid til erstatning for den forfærdelige følelse af demoralisering og desillusion, som findes dér i dag.
All of these things, the democrat ic deficit in the European Union, the tendency towards centralization in Europe and the European civil service, could each explain in part the outcome of the Danish referendum, the narrow result in the French referendum and also Britain's attitude towards Europe, which is not always very friendly, given the reactions its has demonstrated within Europe and which could be described as anti-European.
Jeg erkender, at dette er medlemsstatemes ansvar, men alt, hvad Kommissionen kan gøre for at opmuntre den irske regering til at etablere regionale myndigheder, vil være velkomment.
The parallel obviously is not exact but it does indicate that something is seriously awry in the way in which the Community is dealing with this matter.
Med hensyn til Regionsudvalget ved vi ikke, hvem de irske repræsentanter er.
I would urge the Commission and the UK Government to think very hard about the way in which regional representation, at least in England - I do not wish to comment more widely - is achieved.
Jeg håber, at Kommissionen ved at lægge moralsk pres på den irske regering kan tvinge den til at sikre, at alle disse repræsentanter er valgte; at de afspejler den politiske og regionale balance i landet, for jeg ønsker, at hele vor befolkning fuldt ud skal tage del i den nye Europæiske Union.
Since I am sure that in this case at least genuine regional representation would not appear to be being secured, the failure to achieve that may well contribute to undermining the entire concept and purpose of the Committee of the Regions.
Alex SMITH (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, i betragtning af disse følsomme spørgsmål tror jeg, hr. Melis har gjort ret i at udarbejde sin betænkning, og hvis der er et par tvetydigheder i den, så er vi næppe det første parlament i verden, der er mindre end krystalklart. Så jeg synes, hr. Melis har gjort det udmærket.
Bearing all these things in mind, we have to regard the decision taken in Maastricht to set up a Committee of the Regions as a step in the right direction because the Committee of the Regions will not only reduce the democratic deficit, it will also counteract the tendency towards centralization in Europe in addition to becoming an ally of Community democracy, thereby consolidating the concept of Europe.
Han er en mester i overvejelse, en ekspert i aktion, ikke kun i Aktionspartiet, men også i den føderale, regionalistiske, europæiske aktion. Kære venner, kernen i denne betænkning er ikke Regionsudvalget, men subsidiaritetsprincippet, dets an vendelse og den anderledes tolkning, vi foretager af det.
And it does so for two reasons: firstly, because the Treaty provides for the establishment of the Committee of the Regions; and, secondly, because it enshrines the idea that increased regional and local participation will promote economic and social cohesion in the European Community, and will promote the involvement of the Community's citizens. ens.
Ministerrådet mente, at dette princip indskrænkede sig til artikel 3 b i Unionstraktaten. Vi mener, at subsidiaritetsprincippet, af latin subsidiare, subsedere, begreber, som utvetydigt leder hen til tanken om solidaritet, deltagelse, balance, gennemtrænger hele Unionstraktaten og befrugter alle de principper, der styrer den europæiske virkelighed.
For these reasons, the citizens of regions throughout Europe have welcomed the founding of the Committee of the Regions without reservations - a fact which I have seen demonstrated in my own constituency on the southern borders of our continent and amongst all those who maintain relations with local government bodies.
Kære hr. Melis, fra november 1988, hvor jeg havde den ære at fremlægge en anden betænkning om dette emne, har vi taget mange skridt fremad.
These people are waiting impatiently for this institution to come into operation and to be further consolidated.
Som én, der personlig stærkt tror på decentralisering og maksimal involvering i beslutningstagningsprocessen, ser jeg frem til at arbejde med Regionsudvalget. Jeg glæder mig over den øgede inddragelse af valgte repræsentanter fra lokale og regionale myndigheder, og jeg gør ingen undskyldninger for at gentage vort krav om, at medlemmerne af udvalget selv skal være valgte repræsentanter.
In the light of all these remarks, I think we are sufficiently justified in casting our vote in favour of the Melis report on the founding of the Committee of the Regions of Europe, which reflects the unanimous view of the Com mittee on Regional Policy and which presents a number of useful suggestions on how it will operate in practice.
Dette element af ansvarlighed er den eneste metode, ved hjælp af hvilken vi kan give den politiske proces demokratisk legitimitet.
The report which is now before the House, the Melis report, is the first parliamentary report to take account of this new reality.
Men det er yderst overraskende at notere, hvorledes visse regeringer tror, at subsidiariteten standser ved nationalstatens dør, og hvor skinsygt de vogter over deres centrale magt, bange for at give fir i tilfælde af, at lokale eller regionale myndigheder begynder at bruge de sparsomme ressourcer på fjollede ting som uddannelse og social bistand.
A great deal of effort has been made to achieve consensus, a great deal of hard work has been done, but it must be recognized that there are problems -problems due not to the Maastricht Treaty itself, but to the variety of definitions of a region in the different Member States.
Det er de samme regeringer, der viger tilbage for at støtte decentraliserede lokale og regionale myndigheder med tilstrækkelige ressourcer som i den situation, hr. Cushnahan omtalte.
At the same time, we have reservations about the definition of the subsidiarity principle in the report since, in our view, it does not convey the idea of effectiveness that is present in the Maastricht Treaty.
CUSHNAHAN (PPE). - (EN) Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, for det første vil jeg geme komplimentere ordføreren, hr. Melis.
INGLEWOOD, The Lord (PSE). - Mr President, there is a tendency in all countries for political opinions to be formed and decisions to be taken too much from the point of view of the large conurbations.
Det er en udmærket betænkning, og jeg synes, at den yder et vigtigt og nyttigt bidrag til debatten om regionernes rolle for den europæiske integrationsproces.
This is undesirable and against the interest of the further-flung corners of the Community Member States.
Der består bestemt et udbredt ønske i hele Fælles skabet om at se Den Europæiske Union opbygget på basis af et regionemes Europa snarere end et medlemsstatemes Europa.
I support the initiative of the Committee of the Regions to try to redress this imbalance. ance.
Den nu ratificerede Maastricht-traktat har bragt denne idé videre.
Nevertheless, we consider that a positive step has been taken.
For det første ved at understrege princippet om subsidiaritet og fordet andet ved at foreslå Regionsudvalget.
We believe that a high-level agreement must be reached on this point, because Europe today does not wish to take the road indicated in the fiery Jacobin harangues of certain speak ers - far from it - nor does it wish to go to the other extreme.
Mens det er noget, man virkelig debatterer i andre
And it is clear that on this subject, which is so
Alex SMITH repræsentanterne i Regionsudvalget udelukkende skal bestå af valgte repræsentanter.
IZQUIERDO ROJO fraught with difficulties, we shall get much further if we proceed with a certain amount of caution.
Regionsudvalget, gør vi mere end at give tilslutning til en ny traktatlig forpligtelse.
number of Members have pointed out, the first time that the role of directly elected bodies below the Member State level has been recognized in the Treaty.
Vi skaber en ny dimension i beslutningsprocessen. Parlamentet støtter helhjertet dette princip.
Although the actual provisions in the Treaty are not exactly in line with what the Commission recommended - and I will come to one or two of these points in a moment - it is, I think, another illustration of the importance of the subsidiarity principle.
Man må håbe, at medlemsstaterne vil følge trop.
It has to come below that level.
Der er et demokratisk underskud i Den Europæiske Union, og det er ikke bare en af de myter, der skal skabe antipati mod Unionen, ligesom der også er EF-centralise-ring og bureaukrati, fænomener som alle er mere umenneskelige og vederstyggelige end de samme fænomener på nationalt plan, fordi de forekommer fjernere og mere upersonlige.
Some Member States are having some difficulty in accepting that concept, but that is certainly the concept that the Commission has of subsidiarity and I know it is also the concept that is held by this House.
FROMENT-MEURICE (PPE). - (FR) Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, kære kolleger, jeg misunder hr. Arbeloa Muru, fordi han kunne udtrykke sig på ordførerens sprog, men jeg beder indtrængende hr. Melis om, ikke af det faktum, at jeg kun kan udtrykke mig på fransk, at drage den konklusion, at min ros er mindre vægtig.
SCHIEDERMEIER (PPE). - (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by thanking Mr Melis for discharging a very difficult task well.
Også jeg har i Udvalget om Regionalpolitik i høj grad værdsat hans egenskaber som diplomat, idet han har måttet imødegå spændinger, der ofte var stærke, mellem de diametralt modsatte synspunkter, som på demokratisk vis tørnede sammen i vort udvalg.
He called for the regions to be given the right to institute proceed ings, which was unfortunately rejected in committee by one vote.
Kære kolleger, jeg vil geme henlede Europa-Parlamentets opmærksomhed på to sær deles vigtige punkter.
Mr Kohler has tabled amendments in order at least partially to correct this.
Af disse årsager hilser borgerne i de europæiske regioner - hvilket jeg også har haft lejlighed til at konstatere der, hvor jeg er valgt, nemlig ved kontinentets sydlige grænse - og alle, som har eller har haft forbindelse til de lokale institutioner, oprettelsen af Regionsudvalget uforbeholdent velkommen og afventer utålmodigt iværksættelsen af dets funktioner og videre realisering.
Through the Committee of the Regions, the regions in fact have an advisory role in the European decisionmaking process. They therefore have rights and obligations in the European Union and in our opinion the necessary legal protection at European level must not be denied them.
Jeg tror, alt dette er tilstrækkelig begrundelse for vor stemme for Melisbetænkningen om indførelsen af regionernes Europa, der er vedtaget i Udvalget om Regional politik, og som indeholder mange brugbare forslag ved rørende udvalgets funktioner.
Since Bavaria has traditionally championed the strengthening of the regions in Europe, I am sure you will understand that I shall defend the point of view of my homeland and its inhabitants also in the European Parliament.
For det første bør vi undgå, at Regionsudvalget - der vil blive sammensat af 189 personer, som for hovedpartens vedkommende er folkevalgte med et klart politisk ansvar - netop på det tidspunkt, hvor vi tager mål af det nye ansvar, der bliver lagt på os ifølge Maastricht-Traktaten, navnlig med hensyn til den fælles beslutningstagning, går hen og bliver en slags Europa-Senat, der blander sig i lovgivningsprocessen på en måde, der desorganiserer de ligevægte, som med stor tålmodighed er blevet opbygget mellem Europa-Parlamentet og Ministerrådet.
Of course we want to see the committee established as soon as possible, and I certainly would have hoped that the first meeting of the committee could take place before the end of this year, given all the delays we have already had on the Maastricht Treaty coming into operation.
Jeg mener, at det var uheldigt affattet, derfor har jeg omformuleret det.
It is the Council which will have to get it going, but once it is going it will have a very large degree of independence.
Lord INGLEWOOD (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, der er i alle lande en tendens til, at politiske meninger i alt for høj grad dannes og at beslutninger tages på basis af de store bysamfunds synspunkter.
When it considers the decisive amendments today, I hope that the European Parliament will ensure a more influential position for the regions in future and that subsidiarity will come fully into play also at regional level, so as to strengthen the principle of federalism.
Det er alt andet end ideelt og strider mod de interesser, som de afsidesliggende hjørner af Fællesskabets medlemsstater har.
A number of Member States must, however, contribute more to that process by devolving central government powers to the regions.
Jeg støtter Regionsudvalgets initiativ om at forsøge at råde bod på denne manglende balance.
On the basis of the revision clause, it may be hoped that 1996 will mark further progress in this direction.
En stor del af min valgkreds, Cumbria og Lancashire North, repræsenterer en særskilt regional enhed, der har centrum i Cumbria amt, der er større og har en større befolkning end Luxembourg.
One of the problems is that in Portugal there are regional and local elections in the middle of December and the Portuguese Government - I think quite rightly, and this point was raised by one of the contributions this after noon - has taken the view that it would be best to put forward its nominations after the results of these elections are known rather than now, when there could be some doubt about who would then be the legitimate representatives of the local authorities in Portugal.
Det er et område, som de tilgrænsende og foreninger af lokale myndigheder i Det Forenede Kongerige, der ligger i den nordøstlige og nordvestlige del af England, ser på med grådige øjne; de har større befolkningstæthed, og de ville alle gerne inddrage os i deres indflydelsessfære.
That practical problem means that the first meeting of the committee will not be held until some time in January, but the House will have noted that at the summit meeting in Brussels the other day the heads of government said that the first meeting should be held before 15 January and the way in which the Council is operating at the moment should allow that to happen.
I modsætning til Cornwall, der sandsynligvis erdet område i England, der ligner os mest, og Devon, som begge enten har et medlem eller en suppleant på listen over medlemmer af Regionsudvalget fra Det Forenede Kongerige, har vi ikke nogen.
I must say that I am not completely happy about the practical arrangements in other respects - the staffing, the budget and so on.
Mit andet punkt knytter sig til betragtninger, der allerede er blevet anstillet af en lang række kolleger.
MILLAN, Member of the Commission. - Mr President, may I first, on behalf of the Commission, also congratulate Mr Melis on his report.
Med hensyn til syv lande - Belgien, Spanien, Danmark, Tyskland, Frankrig, Italien og Det Forenede Kongerige - ved vi allerede, at repræsentanterne i Regionsudvalget alle bliver folkevalgte.
It is clear from some of the contributions in the debate this afternoon that it has not been at all easy to get consensus on some of the issues which arise from the establishment of the Committee of the Regions.
For så vidt angår tre lande, i hvert fald med sikkerhed to, nemlig i Irland og Portugal, ved vi ikke nøjagtigt, hvad situationen bliver, lige så lidt som vi ved, hvad den bliver i Luxembourg.
But I think on one thing at least there is unanimity - or near unanimity - in this chamber, namely that the establishment of the Committee of the Regions represents a very important step forward in the democrat ic decisionmaking of the European Union.
Derimod ved vi, og dette er en dyb beklagelse, jeg geme vil give udtryk for som konklusion, at i to lande, Grækenland og Nederlandene, bliver ikke alle repræsentanter folkevalgte.
Admittedly, the Committee does not have a direct part in decision making, and I note what has been said by a number of Members this afternoon: that it would be undesirable for the committee to be turned into a kind of second chamber of this European Parliament.
Den græske delegation kommer til at omfatte fire generalsekretærer, der er regeringsudnævnte tjenestemænd, og otte folkevalgte.
Nevertheless, it will have an important influence on the decisionmaking in the Com munity, both in terms of the legislation, not only the legislation which under the Treaty will have to be referred to it, but I think a wider legislation and wider issues as well.
Nederlandene vil blive repræsenteret af to konge lige kommissærer, der er udnævnt af regeringen, af i alt tolv repræsentanter.
And if it uses the opportunities available to it in the Treaty to take initiatives of its own, it should be a very important influence on the development of the Community.
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But some preliminary work has been going on.
Lord INGLEWOOD disse betingelser, men det har ca. to tredjedel af et medlem af Parlamentet.
MILLAN munity activities in the field of research, technological development and demonstration (19941998) (COM(93)0276 - Doc. C3-0263/93)
Luxembourg, der er mindre og har en mindre befolkning, har en kommissær, seks medlemmer af Parlamentet, og seks medlemmer af Regionsudvalget.
II. a decision concerning the fourth framework programme of Community activities in the field of research and training for the European Atomic Energy Community (19941998) (COM(93)0276 - Doc. C3-0264/93)
Jeg håber, at Europa-Parlamentet i dag i forbindelse med de afgørende beslutningsforslag vil drage omsorg for, at regionerne fremover har en stærkere stilling, og at subsidiaritetsprincippet kan finde fuld anvendelse også på regionerne, således at det føderale princip styrkes.
So far as the nominations are concerned, the question of a balance between regional and local representatives is a sensitive issue in different Member States.
På basis af revisionsklausulen vil der i denne henseende forhåbentlig i 1996 kunne opnås et yderligere fremskridt.
Since the nomination is exclusively a matter for Member States the Commission has no responsibility or authority in this field.
Parallellen er naturligvis ikke præcis, men det antyder, er der er noget alvorligt galt med den måde, hvorpå Fælles skabet behandler denne sag, og jeg opfordrer Kommissionen og Det Forenede Kongeriges regering til at tænke meget nøje over, hvorledes repræsentation for regionerne kan nås, i det mindste i England - jeg ønsker ikke at kommentere forholdene andre steder.
From what we have seen so far from the nine Member States that have already made their nominations, there will be a balance at the end of the day between the regions and local authorities so far as we can accurately define these concepts.
IZQUIERDO ROJO (PSE). - (ES) Hr. formand, traktaten om Den Europæiske Union åbner en ny etape for regional og lokal deltagelse på europæisk plan.
DESAMA (PSE), chairman of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology. - (FR) Mr President, very briefly, I am not unaware of the technical and administrative difficulties which the presidency and the sessional services are currently having in compiling a full set of amendments for the vote on the report by Mr Linkohr, but I should nevertheless like you to take all necessary steps to ensure that this report is kept on the list of those due to be voted on this evening.
Traktaten åbner en ny etape, grundlæggende på baggrund af to motiver: For det første oprettelsen af Regionsudvalget, og fordet andet traktatens anerkendelse af princippet om, at regional og lokal deltagelse fremmer økonomisk og social kohæsion på fællesskabsplan samt borgemes del tagelse.
This is a report under the codecision procedure, so it is important that we do not vote on it with an inadequate number of Members present tomorrow morning.
Vi står nu over for den første betænkning, der tager hensyn til denne nye virkelighed, Melisbetænkningen.
Some of the worries about non-elected Members being very prominent on this committee have disappeared to a considerable extent.
Denne vanskelighed eksisterer stadig.
I understand that all the nominations there are of elected members.
MILLAN, medlem af Kommissionen. - (EN) Hr. for mand, må jeg først på Kommissionens vegne også komplimentere hr. Melis for hans betænkning. Det frem går klart af nogle af indlæggene i debatten her til eftermiddag, at det slet ikke har været let at opnå enighed om nogle af de spørgsmål, der melder sig på basis af nedsættelsen af Regionsudvalget.
I think that we should be giving a very negative signal to the other two institutions if we were to hold the vote tomorrow morning, on a Friday, with a limited number of Members present, and we absolutely must vote on the report at this partsession, since otherwise we shall block the codecision process completely and risk losing almost a year in implementing the fourth framework pro gramme, given the parliamentary elections in June.
Men jeg tror, at der i det mindste er enighed - eller næsten enighed - om én ting her i Parlamentet, nemlig at etableringen af Regionsudvalget repræsenterer et meget vigtigt fremskridt i den demokratiske beslutningstagning i Den Europæiske Union.
I should therefore be very grateful if you would use your prerogative to ensure that the report remains on the agenda for the vote this evening, and if you would help us do all we can to ensure that the necessary documents are available.
Det er rigtigt, at udvalget ikke har direkte del i beslutningstagningsprocessen, og jeg har noteret mig, hvad et antal medlemmer har sagt her eftermiddag: At det ville være kedeligt, hvis udvalget blev gjort til en slags andetkammer i Parlamentet.
We will finish with a Committee which is very largely elected members. There may be a few who are not but overwhelmingly, I think, we are going to finish with a committee of elected members.
Ikke desto mindre vil det have en væsentlig indflydelse på beslutningstagningen i Fællesskabet, både når det gælder lovgivningen, og ikke kun den lovgivning, som i henhold til traktaten skal henvises til det, men jeg tror, det også vil gælde lovgivning herudover samt mere generelle problemer.
I hope it will represent a good balance between regional and local authorities and indeed between the political parties and political influences in the Member States concerned.
Og hvis det udnytter de muligheder, det har i traktaten, til at tage egne initiativer, bør det få en meget væsentlig indflydelse på udviklingen af Fællesskabet.
It will be up to the Committee itself to decide how it is going to conduct its affairs.
Vi skal samtidig gøre opmærksom på det upassende i at give fortolkninger, der kan gøre teorien bag traktaten om Den Europæiske Union mere forvirrende.
If it spends time - as I hope it will not - in carrying on some of the arguments of the balance between regional and local interests and so on, that would be unfortunate.