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Indledningen af forhandlingerne med landene i Cen traleuropa samt elleve medlemsstaters beslutning den 2. maj om sammen at skabe den fælles valuta.
It departed, with perhaps unfortunate symbolism, from Waterloo Station six months ago.
Unionen står nu over for en virkelig udfordring. Den Monetære Union, en kraftig løftestang i den føderale integration, skal fuldføres.
There were two big events in the last six months.
Udvidelsen til 25 medlemsstater vil få for skellene i økonomiske præstationer og den kulturelle og politiske forskelligartethed til at øges mærkbart.
It was supremely ironic that the British Finance Minister, Gordon Brown, who presided over that in Brussels could not be the team manager but had to play in the left outside position because he was not part of it.
Hvem kan nu stadig holde fast ved, at en så udvidet Union stadig kan fungere uden flertalsbeslutninger?
The Greens have always defended the idea that power should be devolved to a level which is as close as possible to the people but on the other hand that a political counterforce should be ready to oppose internationally organised economic actors.
Det Europæiske Råd har under Deres ledelse stillet fundamentale spørgsmål. Hvordan kan vi styrke den europæiske identitet i ver den?
In fact, a fake battle of powers is in duced between the Commission and the Member States, whereas these same Member States think nothing of quietly transferring large powers to multinational organizations such as the World Trade Organization.
Hvordan kan vi sikre dens legitimitet i befolkningen? Hvordan kan vi fordele beføjelserne i dette nye Europa og i den forbindelse forsone demokrati, ansvar og effektivitet med hinanden?
The erosion of democracy is not categorized, whereas political decisions by our Union, such as our option for hormone-free meat and the special banana regime for ACP countries, are thrown over, while we stand powerless.
Men vi er glade for, at et uformelt Europæisk Råd i oktober vil arbejde på in stitutionernes fremtid.
Because the citizens not only harbour a growing rejection of Europe but also an increasing rejection of politics.
Hr. formand for Det Europæiske Råd, jeg tror ikke, at det er godt, at der her i Forsamlingen, i Europa-Parlamentet, drøftes interne modsætninger.
We welcome the fact that the environment has finally made it to a European Summit again, after seven lean years.
Det er bl.a. derfor, at jeg i dag siger, at det er Deres fortjeneste i Deres land, at men taliteten og modet er ændret.
Rightly so, as eight of the twelve essential environmental items show a degradation.
Europa er tilbage.
To us this means an im portant result in the British Presidency.
Lad os fortsætte med at samarbejde for sammen at fuldende dette mesterværk af civilisation, som det europæiske ideal er, og jeg takker Dem også på vores gruppes vegne for det ar bejde, som De har gjort i denne henseende.
We are also pleased that Prime Minister Blair has brought up the subject of the reimbursements and the charter of the Members of the European Parliament.
Er vi ikke kommet tæt på det mål, som Unionens grund læggere havde for øje for et halvt århundrede siden?
We have waited in vain today for an indication of com mitment to the cause of the single currency, which I and most of us think is the most important aspect of European integration.
Er ti den ikke inde til at lægge fundamentet for en konstitutionel bygning, som vedvarende og tydeligt vil fastlægge kompetenceniveauerne i Unionen?
On the Iraq crisis the hotline to the White House was operative long before there was any thought of calls to the Elysée Palace or anywhere else.
Vi støtter budskabet fra Cardiff om at bringe Europa tættere på borgerne.
This Clintonization of policy is regret table, and I have to mention the disgrace of the secret im portation of nuclear waste from Georgia to Scotland.
de Vries (ELDR). - (EN) Hr. formand, på Den Liberale Gruppes vegne vil jeg gerne hilse Det Forenede Kongeriges nye tilgang til Europa velkommen, sådan som den så
The citizens of Europe were not even informed until it had arrived. rived.
Nr. 4-521/249 de Vries veltalende er blevet skitseret af premierministeren for lidt siden: for Europa og derfor for reform.
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Hvis socialdemokrater, kristelige demokrater, liberale og grønne hver opstiller en kandidat til formandskabet for Kommissionen, kan det give de europæiske valg en ny dynamik.
What happened to quota-hopping which was supposed to be sorted out in the British presidency?
Det lægger større magt i hænderne på de euro pæiske borgere. Det giver Kommissionen større legitimitet. tet.
What about the compensation for the farmers who are desperate at the strength of the pound and are looking for compensation?
Jeg håber, at handlingerne nu hurtigt vil følge.
I hope the Coun cil and Commission will ensure that this Parliament and its committees are fully involved and informed of the whole situation.
Jeg hilser også premierminister Blairs personlige bestræbelser på at nå frem til en varig fred i Nordirland velkommen. men.
I should also like to take the opportunity to congratulate you very warmly, Mr President, for the time and energy that you invested in achieving the positive outcome of the referendum in my constituency of Northern Ireland.
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But let us look ahead to the vision of Europe.
(NL) Hr. formand, jeg er ikke bekymret for Det Forenede Kongerige.
What do we make of the phrase 'a Europe of nation states'? Was this a major faux pas!
Men jeg er stadig mere bekymret for et andet vigtigt europæisk land: Tyskland.
When John Major talked about the nation states and subsidiarity, he meant that it stopped at Dover.
Topmødet i Cardiff var præget af det kommende tyske valg.
Nothing that applied below that level was in his mind.
Valg får i et demokrati både det bedste og det værste frem.
It would be unfair for us to accuse Prime Minister Blair of that.
Og således er topmødet i Cardiff blevet et topmøde med populisme.
He has recognized the historic na tions of the United Kingdom.
Forbundskansler Kohls og andres kritik af de europæiske institutioner er lige så hyklerisk som forkert.
Scotland, Wales and North ern Ireland are all to have their own parliamentary democracy.
Hvad er Kommissionens vigtigste opgave?
That is a transformation which parallels those of Gorbachev in his day.
Netop når Kommissionen også minder de mest magtfulde medlemsstater om spillereglerne, handler den i overensstemmelse med traktatens ordlyd og ånd.
I was saddened to read in the press comments made by Mr Brok of the PPE Group when he said that senior UK ministers were so preoccupied with Northern Ireland that they were unable to concentrate on the European Union.
Collins, Gerard (UPE). - (EN) Hr. formand, jeg hilser den britiske premierminister varmt velkommen til Europa-Parlamentet.
I should like to say, regarding the situation in Northern Ireland, that you made personal promises to the people of Northern Ireland.
Jeg ønsker at takke ham og hans kol leger for et meget effektivt formandskab for Den Europæiske Union.
I finish by drawing on an analogy with the World Cup which is on all our television screens.
Jeg vil gerne udtrykke, hvor taknemmelige medlemmerne er for dette.
These are the same fans that voted for Home Rule for Scotland in the referendum last year.
Jeg vil også gerne takke formanden for Kommissionen for hans bidrag og sige, at min gruppe stærkt ønsker at støtte hovedbudskabet i det, kommissionsformanden har sagt her i dag.
I would urge Prime Minister Blair to turn his back firmly on the equivalent of Les Hooligans - the Fleet Street tabloids with their constant Brussels bashing - and take a leaf out of the book of the Tartan Army whose vision, like mine, is to participate, to be there and to create a true Europe of the peoples.
Kritikken af Domstolen er lige så hyklerisk.
I also want recorded in this House the important role played by my party leader.
Domstolen afgjorde for nylig, at to luxembourgere, som henholdsvis havde købt briller i Belgien og ville have en behandling hos en specialtandlæge i Tyskland, havde ret til godtgørelse af disse udgifter. Dermed satte Domstolen sig over hovedet ikke på lovgiverens stol, således som den danske statsminister og den tyske ministerpræsident hævdede. I mangel af harmoniseringslovgivning såsom på dette om råde skal traktatens grundprincipper anvendes.
To a large extent his role has been overlooked. It was extremely important, the very courageous decision that he, too, took in putting his own political future on the line to ensure that my people in Northern Ireland are able to achieve peace.
For frem tiden gælder den frie bevægelighed for personer ikke blot for sunde europæere, men også for syge.
I believe the UK presidency will be judged, in the long term, by what has been achieved.
Er det ikke netop borgernes Europa?
Finally, I should like to call on the Council and the Com mission to work with us to find ways in which we can sup port the new assembly that the election next Thursday, will hopefully put in place in Northern Ireland.
Cardiff-topmødet har mere været en øvelse i statusopgørelse end en øvelse, hvor der er blevet truffet væsentlige beslutninger.
I feel we are getting ourselves in a position, within the Eu ropean Union, that every time a new presidency comes in, it tries to out-do the last one; it tries to be more outward looking and come forward with great new ideas.
Der er tale om politiske områder, der er centrale for Den Europæiske Union.
It is very difficult to say all you want to say or do all you want to do.
Beslutningerne vil have en direkte og umiddelbar indvirkning på Unionens borgere - det være sig vores landbrugs-og fiskerisamfund, de ansatte i industrien - små-og mellem store virksomheder, land- og bysamfund og de borgere, der bor i mindre udviklede regioner og på øer.
Le Gallou (NI). - (FR) Mr President, President Blair, like his predecessors serving as Presidents-in-Office of the Council, told us: 'Jobs must remain the top priority in Eu rope: eighteen million unemployed in Europe is far too many.'
Disse be slutninger må ikke blive deltidsgidsler i valgkampagner nes hede.
These are impressive words that we have heard before and we will hear again.
Da ikke Maastricht-og Amsterdam-traktaten, som de selv har til vejebragt?
We must succeed if the people of Europe are not to be further alienated from Brussels bureaucracy.
Den slags spilfægteri skader Unionens anse else.
The reality is that the European Union has peaked in un employment in the industrialized world.
Unionen kan kun bringes nærmere borgerne, hvis le dende nationale politikere accepterer ansvar for Unionens handlinger.
We have be tween 10 and 11 % unemployment in the European Un ion, compared with less than 5 % in the United States and less than 4 % in Japan.
Jeg ser tre muligheder. For det første: indførelse af et ens artet valgsystem på grundlag af proportional repræsentation inden de næste europæiske valg.
But within the European continent there are two countries that have much lower unemployment levels, and I am speak ing here of Switzerland with less than 4 % and Norway
En tackling af arbejdsløsheden gennem en lang række foran staltninger må fortsat stå øverst på vores sociale dagsor den.
I believe the most positive way forward to achieve this is to develop, as you said here this morning, our small- and mediumsized enterprises.
mende rådsformand om at forsikre Parlamentet om, at de nye initiativer, der måtte være nødvendige, vil blive iværksat.
What they are trying to tell us is clear. The system set up by the European Union is inefficient and bad for the peo ple, especially in terms of jobs.
Endelig mener jeg, at det er beklageligt, at Europa-Kommissionen atter er blevet udsat for angreb i forbindelse med det europæiske topmøde.
why we need as a minimum a European environmental policy and more democracy.
Kommissionen har altid varetaget de forpligtelser og det ansvar, den er blevet til delt, på en upartisk og rimelig måde. Kommissionen har til stadighed på eksemplarisk vis udført sine funktioner som garant for de europæiske traktater.
That is why we need more rights for this Parliament, that is so say more majority de cisions at European level.
Det betyder, at de krav, vi har stillet om udvikling af færdigheder, livslang uddannelse, forbedring af forholdene for små-og mellemstore virk somheder og selvstændige er ved at blive iværksat.
After all is said and done, President Blair, it is the Economic and Monetary Union that has been praised during your presidency.
Og dette bør i allerhøjeste grad hilses velkomment.
In short, the cause of un employment in Europe is the yoke imposed by the single market, single standards and the single currency.
En række eksempler på kursen for det fremtidige arbejde og beskæftigelsen er at finde i konklusionerne.
It was not just Conservatives and Christian Democrats but Liberals, Greens, radicals and communists who voted down a resolution praising the presidency.
Desværre er de ikke særlig detaljerede med hensyn til f.eks. børnepasningsordninger.
I hope that Mr Blair is happy with the blancmange which the European Parliament will adopt later today.
Puerta (GUE/NGL). - (ES) Hr. formand, på vegne af Den Europæiske Venstrefløjs Fællesgruppe lykønsker jeg Labour-regeringen og især premierministeren med den intelligens og det mod, de har udvist, for at løse konflikten i Nordirland.
Europe and the European Union could beat the unemployment problem if it changed its basic principles, if it stopped seeking to expand worldwide and if it genuinely embraced the principle of subsidiarity and the diversity of regions and nations, in short, if it legislated less and im posed fewer conditions upon us. This is how the Euro pean Union could regain the path to full employment.
Parlamentet og offentligheden i hele Europa følger spændt de bestræbelser, man gør sig, for at opnå fred og demokratisk stabilitet i denne europæiske region.
President. - I have received seven motions for resolutions pursuant to Rule 37(2) of the Rules of Procedure. (')
Måske er dette det britiske formandskabs bedste bidrag, for alvorligt talt fremkalder forløbet af halvårsperioden, selv når man tænker på succesen med euroens tilblivelse og især resultaterne i Cardiff, ingen entusiasme og heller ikke for megen optimisme i denne periode, der er så vigtig for den europæiske integration.
It ill behoves Mr Blair to get his hired dog to bark at the European Parliament about waste when he is presiding over the building of offices for Westminster MPs at one million pounds each and his chief law-officer has wallpaper costing sixty thousand pounds.
På den ene side er næsten alle de vigtige beslutninger blevet udsat til efter valget i Tyskland, og på den anden er der opstået tvivl om og risiko for solidaritetens fremtid i Den Europæiske Union.
Perhaps Mr Blair should remember that thè European Parliament has had a socialist majority for fen years, that it is staffed mainly by socialists and 12 out of the 15 European Union govern ments who keep us in Strasbourg are socialists too.
De for handlinger, der er begyndt om Agenda 2000, er blandt de vigtigste, der nogensinde er blevet gennemført af Unionen. Der vil skulle træffes valg af nøglepolitikker, der vil få væsentlige langsigtede konsekvenser for alle vores lande.
Since then more slogans have been added, such as subsidiarity, decentralization and renationalization, which together with this slogan could produce a highly explosive mixture.
Agenda 2000 er bestemt af grundlæggende betydning for Unionens fremtidige udvikling. Det har ikke blot konsekvenser for nuværende medlemsstater men også for hele udvidelsesprocessen.
What is there in fact to record and celebrate? The ludicrous and ill-timed struggle between France and the rest over who is to be the first president of the European Cen tral Bank could have been avoided.
Samhørighedsprocessen for de eksisterende mindre-udviklede regioner må under ingen omstændigheder blive bragt i fare, og der bør heller ikke være nogen forbindelse mellem deltagelse i ØMU'en og berettigelse til at modtage støtte fra Samhørighedsfonden.
On 4 June at the inaugural meeting of the Euro-X Committee, Gordon Brown suffered the humiliation, in spite of his position as part of the UK presidency, of being obliged to withdraw from the room after delivering a short address to the assembled ministers.
Hvad mit land angår, må de f.eks. være tilstrækkelige hvad angår finansieringsniveau og-varighed for at kunne imødekomme vores fortsatte betydelige udviklingsbehov. lingsbehov.
If you do not like this I am sorry, but ac tually I am quoting directly from an article in the House Magazine last week, written by Lord Peter Shore, former foreign affairs spokesman for the Labour Party.
Reformen af den fælles landbrugspolitik er meget omdiskuteret.
Mr President-in-Office, I would like to state plainly and clearly: We need reforms!
Agenda 2000 må styrkes og ikke ødelægge den fælles landbrugs politik.
Even if the important question of buses suit able for the disabled were the issue, this is still no central concern of Europe's.
Det er af væsentlig betydning for bevarelsen af vores familielandbrug og livet i vores landdistrikter.
We need reforms, de-bureaucratiza-tion, decentralization and transparency.
Efter min mening udgør de nuværende forslag ikke noget rimeligt grundlag for forhandling.
We also need freedom of movement for the citizens in the truest sense of the word, as you have already said today, and this should include all levels of our national spectrum, in Eu ropei at national and at regional level.
Vi ser positivt på den begyndende koordinering af de na tionale beskæftigelsesplaner, som kan være det første skridt på vejen til en fællesskabspolitik, der placerer det økonomiske og det sociale på samme niveau.
I would like to draw attention to one question - perhaps more strongly than we have so far done today: it is in the interest of Europe's citizens to have more jobs.
Men Det Europæiske Råd har ikke analyseret disse nationale planers levedygtighed, planer, som i mange tilfælde ikke fastlægger klare målsætninger og heller ikke bevilger økonomiske midler til deres gennemførelse.
That is why we need greater coordination of economic policy, more security, fewer wars and fewer crises.
Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne personligt lykønske Dem med Deres og min premierminister Bertie Aherns indsats hvad angår fredsaftalen for Nordirland, der blev indgået den 10. april.
The EU Treaties are emphatic in their proclamation of the need for a single European foreign and security policy.
Jeg vil også gerne anerkende og inderligt takke medlemmerne af Europa-Parlamentet for deres støtte til fredsprocessen.
In spite of this, instead of the European Union taking any serious action to force Saddam Hussein to back down during the weapons inspection crisis, the British presidency did not call a single ministerial meeting.
Vi bifalder især Rådets opfordring til Kommissionen om at fremsætte forslag til, hvor
But with due respect to Labour's leaders, and their hard working Foreign Office and other officials, these developments or something very close to them would have
Med hensyn til det internationale samarbejde støtter vi initiativerne til at genoptage forhandlingerne mellem israelerne og palæstinenserne, og vi vurderer, at der skal øves yderligere pression for at opnå, at Netanyahus regering respekterer aftalerne fra Oslo og resolutionerne fra FN.
Finally, no presidency is perfect and too much has been carried forward, but the thought of what this presidency might have been like under the previous British regime bears no contemplation. ,
Vi værdsætter bestræbelserne på at udvikle en europæisk identitet i den internationale politik, men hr. Blair tillader mig nok at sige, at det britiske formandskab af og til mere har forekommet at være USA's atlantiske partner end koordinatoren af den europæiske udenrigspolitik.
Teverson (ELDR). - Mr President, first of all can I move from what I was going to say to very much endorse what you said, Prime Minister, in terms of enlargement and the hard and difficult decisions which have to be made to ensure the security of our continent for the next century.
Vi ser Kohl-og Chirac-initiativet som et angreb på et fremtidsorienteret europæisk politisk projekt.
Coates (GUE/NGL). - Mr President, I think this outgoing presidency should be named the Blair presidency in honour of a very great Englishman.
Der gøres skamløst misbrug af begreberne subsidiaritet og decentralisering for at udelukke uønsket indblanding på deres eget område.
Orwell de scribed how the Europe of 1984 was governed by a Ministry of Truth in which spin doctors explained how the war being waged by the Ministry of Peace was always go ing well.
Vores kollega Klaus Hänsch har for øvrigt fuldstændig ret, når han siger, at Kohls kærlighed til subsidiaritet er proportional med hans modvilje mod Kirsch' og Bertelsmanns fusionsforbud.
When they read of new measures against poverty our poor hide their purses.
Jeg kan således ikke frigøre mig for det indtryk, at det mere drejer sig om: Vi, de nationale regeringer står tæt på befolkningen, eller at Europa skal komme nærmere befolkningen.
When we hear of Britain's new leader ship of Europe we anticipate a new surge of xenophobia tempered, perhaps, by American advice.
Med hensyn til den institutionelle reform må vi lære af fiaskoen i Amsterdam.
In the big picture, this presidency has been one of paradox.
Situationen er skandaløs, når vi. tænker på dens uopsættelige karakter, der skyldes udvidelsen, og behovet for en nyorientering af den europæiske integration med institutioner, der er i stand til at efter komme borgernes ønsker.
Yet, despite the historic fact of monetary un ion, there is no mention in the Cardiff communiqué of completing the project of working positively to bring Sweden, Denmark, Greece and of course Britain within the borders of euroland. That now should be a political priority.
Erosionen af demokratiet tematiseres ikke, selvom vores Unions politiske beslutninger, såsom vores valg af hormonfrit kød og den særlige bananordning for AVS-lande, undergraves, mens vi står magtesløse.
If the spring 1999 deadline is missed, in the structural funding area especially, we are faced with disruption of vital regional programmes across Europe.
Vi ønsker således faktisk et Europa, der er tæt på borgerne, og det betyder for os et enkelt system for beslutningsprocessen og en ab sorbering af det demokratiske underskud.
Already critical social training and education programmes, due to finish át the end of next year, cannot plan their futures.
Der er nemlig hos borgerne ikke blot en voksende afvisning af Europa, men en voksende afvisning af politikken.
If, on 1 January 2000, the money stops because the Council is unable to make decisions in time, then who is alienating the citizens from Europe?
Lad os således begynde med at gøre noget ved det, nationalt og europæisk. isk.
The German election timetable should not be continually used as an easy excuse to post pone any meaningful discussion within the Council.
Aelvoet (V). - (NL) Hr. formand for Rådet, hr. formand for Kommissionen, kære kolleger, således som det kunne forventes, har premierminister Blair med megen flair og public relations i begyndelsen af det britiske formandskab blæst en hel masse balloner op for Europa, glade balloner fyldt med løfter.
This ghost wants to say a few things about the presidency. Firstly, the general consensus amongst informed opinion in Brussels is that the British presidency has been a bit of a damp squib: it has promised much but achieved little; and the Cardiff Summit was summed up by the Financial Times as being 'long in words but short on action'.
Efter syv magre år når miljøet endelig igen frem til et europæisk topmøde, og det er vi meget glade for.
We welcome Cardiffs call for greater openness in Eu rope.
Det er der også al mulig grund til, i betragtning af, at otte af de tolv væsentlige miljøpunkter har fået lavere prioritet.
Absolutely essential but, as I think you suggested yourself, what an irony that it is still the Council that is the most closed and secretive part of the European Union.