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Mange tror f.eks., at hvis virksomhe­derne ikke kan investere i udlandet, så vil de i stedet inve­stere i hjemlandet.
Firstly, I would like to remind you that the WTO is not the temple of democracy people presume it is, and that the small states of the South barely have their voices heard in this forum.
En sådan protektionisme kan imidler­tid få den stik modsatte virkning.
So as Mr Sainjon suggested, we will certainly also have to review the way in which the WTO operates.
Virksomheder, som ikke kan investere i udlandet f.eks. som støtte for en sats­ning på et marked, kan få problemer med overhovedet at udvikle sig på hjemmefronten.
Furthermore, to transfer the debate without changing the basic project would not change a great deal.
Måske var det fra starten en fejl at henlægge disse forhandlinger til OECD, en or­ganisation, som består af en begrænset medlemskreds med kun en håndfuld udviklingslande, hvilket jo kan give anledning til mistanke.
In this re spect, I am.very concerned to hear Commissioner Brittan reiterate during meetings his faith in the virtues of the present project.
Som kommissær Leon Brittan sagde, kan forhandlingerne sikkert med fordel foregå in­den for Verdenshandelsorganisationen, selvom man der fokuserer på handel i højere grad end investeringer.
It is a project that can be likened to a poor-quality film, or what we might call a 'turkey'; changing the set or adding extras to crucial scenes will not turn it into a good film, especially if the script and the stars appearing in it are the same, arid if it continues to be directed by the multinationals.
Vil dette sige, at vi er mod alle aftaler? Nej.
Of course not.
Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL). ­ (SV) Hr. formand, den franske regerings beslutning om at trække sig ud af MIA­forhand­lingeme inden for OECD er en virkelig modig og meget glædelig beslutning, bl.a. fordi den aftale, som man var ved at nå frem til, var helt uacceptabel, da den ensidig gav de internationale virksomheder rettigheder på demokrati­ets bekostning, men også fordi den franske beslutning vi­ser, at demokratiet faktisk fungerer, at folkets vilje kan trænge igennem.
But of the democratic countries being targeted, it is evident that the countries of the European Union are being tar geted most, because they constitute a huge market that is gradually placing social issues high on the agenda and be coming a.unique democratic force in the world, one that is capable of making human rights a priority.
Det mærkelige er, at der ikke er flere lande i EU med regeringer, der kalder sig »ven­streregeringer«, der har fulgt det franske eksempel, f.eks. den svenske regering.
Neither are we equipped with political institutions that are strong enough to ensure our choices are respected and to negotiate with one voice.
Nu er det på tide at makulere det forslag, som man har fundet frem til og starte forfra med andre og mere sociale og miljørigtige udgangspunkter, at starte forfra inden for et forum med plads til den tredje verdens lande.
I therefore think that if future negotiations take place within a new framework, the conditions in which they take place should be discussed democratically, and that Commissioner Brittan and the European Commission should be given a clear mandate that is monitored democratically; otherwise we are in real danger of misleading ourselves totally in this debate.
Lannoye (V). ­ (FR) Hr. formand jeg mener ikke, at man kan helbrede et åbenbart sygt forslag ved at gentage taler om liberalismens dyder.
Not because of a touchy reaction, Sir Brittan, but in order to start again at a later date, for example within the framework of the WTO.
Burenstam Linder (PPE). ­ (SV) Hr. formand, jeg glæ­der mig over kommissær Leon Brittans udtalelser.
de Lassus Saint Genies (ARE). - (FR) Mr President, an agreement on investment is doubtless needed, but not simply any agreement.
Kritik­ken af MIA bygger for en stor dels vedkommende på en fejlagtig opfattelse.
The present draft MAI treaty almost caricatures the concept of ultra-liberalism.
Til forskel fra det, visse kritikere synes at tro, medfører MIA ikke, at kortfristede kapitalbevægelser bliver lettere. For­målet er det helt omvendte, nemlig at muliggøre langsig­tede investeringer.
We are told that it is aimed at protecting non-national investors who, it would appear, have a lot to fear from the states.
For underudviklede lande er sådanne investeringer ofte bedre end kortsigtet låntagning eller rene porteføljeinvesteringer fra udlandet.
This would give non-national investors the opportunity to question any government pol icy or action that might reduce their predicted profits.
Da det normalt er de bedste virksomheder, der overhovedet beskæftiger sig med udenlandske investerin­ger, er det sandsynligvis også disse virksomheder, der til­byde bedre sociale vilkår.
It would also grant them the right to full and constant pro tection, and this would ban the states not only from taking future nationalisation measures, but also from taking any measure that has the equivalent effect.
Det medfører som regel over­førsel af know­how og teknologi samt bedre grundlag for langsigtet udvikling end f.eks. offentlig bistand.
In addition, there would be a special clause that would render irreversible any liberalisation measures laid down by a government.
Efter den franske regerings beslutning om at forlade for­handlingerne forekommer det mig temmeligt klart, at de politiske betingelser for at fortsætte disse forhandlinger ikke er til stede.
How could such a monstrosity ever have been negotiated? Did the OECD believe that science and money create world peace?
Jeg henleder Deres opmærksomhed på det faktum, at den franske regering ikke er alene.
No, world peace is the result of an agree ment between democratic governments who create and protect it.
Den bel­giske regering er stærkt rystet efter det, der skete i Paris, og den kommende tyske regering undersøger ligeledes re­levansen af et forslag, der har så mange fejl.
Investors are able to prosper within the framework of this peace, on the condition that they do not de stroy, undermine or evade these democratic agreements.
Der findes flere end 1.600 bilaterale aftaler om investe­ringsbeskyttelse.
Rübig (PPE). - (DE) Mr President, I should firstly like to tharik Sir Leon Brittan for continuously helping to objectify the debate.
En MIA kan erstatte dette vildnis med noget mere gennemsigtigt.
I believe we can also say that increasing demands are being made on politics as a whole.
Lande, som ikke ønsker at til­slutte sig, behøver heller ikke gøre det.
It is also repeatedly said that we must come to grips with globalisation.
Hvis kritikken af MIA medfører, at denne forhandling afbrydes, er det ikke mindst de langsigtede investeringer i udviklingslandene, der rammes.
Mr Kittelmann said to day that we in the European Parliament must also deter mine the rules of the game for increasing world trade.
Det vil blive tilfældet i endnu højere grad, hvis én nyforhandlet MIA i stedet for ikke­diskriminering medfører det, nogle kritikere synes at ønske, nemlig at udenlandske virksomheder pålægges større krav end in­denlandske. Da man ikke kan tvinge private investeringer
I believe the mystery should be removed from the whole project, because this is about nothing other than ensuring that foreign investors and investments do not enjoy less favourable treatment than domestic investors and invest ments.
Man taler om at overføre forhandlingerne til WTO.
We are seeking to ensure high
Derfor skal man bestemt, som hr. Sainjon foreslår, ligele­des revidere driften af WTO.
Rübig standards, rational liberalisation of investment rules, and an effective disputes settlement procedure.
Desuden tjener det ikke noget formål at overføre debat­ten, hvis man ikke ændrer det grundlæggende udkast.
kind, as being something that is simply for the benefit of multinational companies. Not at all.
I denne henseende bliver jeg yderst bekymret, når jeg hører kommissær Brittan gennem hele møder gentage sin tro på det nuværende forslags fordele.
If we are concerned about those who are suffering from the Asian crisis, if we are concerned about the fact that there are in a country like Indonesia literally millions of people who are now below the poverty line because ofthat crisis, then we have to be interested in attracting investment to those countries, because that is one of the ways to recover.
Jeg vil imidlertid be­skrive det nuværende forslag med et billede.
It will not attract investment unless there is an adequate framework to enable people to invest safely.
Personligt opfatter jeg det som en dårlig film.
That is the reality of the situation.
På fransk kalder man dette en »navet«, noget makværk.
You cannot force investment to take place. You can do what you like.
at overholde dem, selvom det medfører, at vi fører krig mod dem.
I believe it is essential that we settle conflicts satisfactorily in this area.
Vi nærmer os her den virkelige grund til denne forhandling.
The current negotiations on the MAI have led to an increase in the information needs of the general public.
Man forstår nu, at nogle bliver presset til at skabe betingelser, som ødelægger den demokratiske opbygning og indfører andre love f.eks. pengeloven eller USA's love.
No less than 1 500 bilateral agreements are in force throughout the world for concluding such investments.
Jeg tror således, at det er nødvendigt i tilfælde af fremti­dige forhandlinger i nye rammer, at betingelserne for disse forhandlinger bliver diskuteret mellem os på demo­kratisk vis, og at kommissær Brittan og Europa­Kommis­sionen får et klart mandat, der er demokratisk kontrolle­ret. Ellers risikerer vi virkelig at gå fejl af debatten
It goes with out saying here that the need to create adequate legal frameworks has increased greatly; a legal framework such as has existed for trade in goods since 1947, in the form of the GATT, and since 1995 for cross-border trade in services. ^
Man bør således gå bort fra dette dårlige forslag, ikke på grund af en overfladisk reaktion, men ­ Sir Brittan ­ for at starte igen senere inden for rammerne af f.eks. WTO.
For instance, it guarantees the French employer that competitors in the market cannot draw any competitive advantages from discriminatory locational factors.
de Lassus Saint Genies (ARE). ­ (FR) Hr. formand, det er ganske vist, at det er nødvendigt med en investerings­aftale, men det er ikke ligegyldigt hvilken.
Schörling (V). - (SV) Mr President, the effects of the MAI would be felt around the world - which explains why it has met with such near-universal condemnation.
Man fortæller os, at det drejer sig om at beskytte de ikke­nationale investorer, der har grund til at frygte na­tionalstaterne.
Some 560 organisations from 67 countries have come to gether and launched a joint plea for the right of scrutiny.
Men denne beskyttelse bør gå forud for de nationale borgeres og staternes rettigheder.
They want greater transparency and openness, more free debate and the involvement of civil society.
Rübig (PPE). ­ (DE) Kære hr. formand, jeg vil geme starte med at rette en tak til Sir Leon Brittan for, at han uophørligt bidrager til en saglig debat.
I have to say, in particular to Mrs Moreau, that some people who have spoken in response to a Commission state ment seems to have decided what to say before they heard what the statement was, and seem to have made com ments which are completely unjustified by the statement.
Jeg mener, at det vigtigste er at komme ind på, hvad denne aftale overhove­det beskæftiger sig med. Hr. Kreissl­Dörfler vil jeg geme takke for den helt entydige konstatering af, at en aftale er nødvendig.
In particular, I said right at the outset that, as far as we were concerned, the primary forum for such an agreement should be the WTO.
Jeg mener, at vi også kan konstatere, at der stilles større og større krav til politikken.
The primary forum for such an agreement should.be the WTO, because it is there that the developing countries are present in person and there that their concerns can most fully be met.
Der bliver også hele tiden sagt, at vi skal have styr på globaliseringen.
I said that quite clearly and I have said that many times before.
Hr. Kittelmann sagde også i dag, at spillereglerne for den til­tagende verdenshandel også skal bestemmes af os i Europa­Parlamentet.
Of course one has to look at what has happened in the OECD in the context of that view.
Det er sagens kerne, og det mener jeg, at vi også alle skal bakke op om.
I did not make any pejorative re marks about the French Government.
Hvordan er vi nået dertil, hvor vi forhandler om en så af­skyelig ting? Troede man hos OECD, at det er penge og videnskab, der organiserer og beskytter verdensfreden?
I wish to congratulate all those - including my colleagues in the European Parliament - who have contributed to wards uncovering the true face of the MAI. What lessons have been learnt?
Nej, verdensfreden er et resultat af en aftale mellem de­mokratiske regeringer, der organiserer den og beskytter den.
Well, they have been made to un derstand that this is not the way to proceed.
Inden for rammerne af denne fred kan investorerne klare sig godt på betingelse af ikke at ødelægge, håne, el­ler fordreje de demokratiske aftaler.
An invest ment agreement should be facilitating, not restrictive, and should help us to meet our international environmental commitments.
Denne selvfølge har offentligheden forstået.
We must state unequivocally that our environmental objectives are of paramount importance.
Når man siger, at alt skal være frit og uden diskrimination for de udenlandske investorer, omfatter det så de ikke­de­mokratiske stater?
Brittan, Sir Leon, Vice-President of the Commission. -There is a wider degree of consensus on this issue than the protagonists would wish to admit.
Jeg mener, det er vigtigt at bilægge konflikter på dette område på en tilfredstillede måde.
The fact of the matter that we now have to consider, coolly, if we now have to go to the WTO - which is likely and which I have always favoured, in any event - is in deed one of the lessons to be learnt from the negotiation that took place in the OECD.
De løbende MIA­for­handlinger har ført til et øget behov for information i of­fentligheden.
I do not reject that negotiation as being one that was invalid or inappropriate.
Grænseoverskridende investeringer er nu blevet den vigtigste motor for verdensøkonomien. Imponerende tal dokumenterer dette.
So it is not a frolic of our own that we have gone on, but a responsible negotiation in a responsible place.
Dette forslag sikrer nu en ligebehandling af indenlandske og udenlandske investeringer samt en mestbegunstigelsesbehandling. Det giver eksempelvis franske virksomheder sikkerhed for, at konkurrerende virksomheder ikke får nogen konkurrencefordele på grundlag af diskriminerende lokaliseringsfaktorer.
I value your presence, I hope that we can work together to achieve the right results in the right place but we will only be able to do so if we speak with a clear head and shed some of the emotions which have wrongly entered ã subject which is important but where it is necessary to have a little more light and a little less heat.
Det er også grunden til, at næsten hele verden har reageret mod denne aftale.
I heard a comment made that the French Government reacted touchily to the MAI.
560 organisationer fra 67 forskellige lande er gået sammen og har fremsat et fælles krav om indblik, større åben hed, friere diskussioner og medvirken fra det civile samfunds side.
In French, a touchy reaction means an unconsidered one, and this is why I think that this is a pejorative comment in relation to my government, which is democratically elected like the others.
Navnlig har jeg lige fra starten sagt, at, hvad os angår, bør det primære forum for sådan en aftale være WTO, fordj det er dér, udviklingslandene er personligt til stede, og dér, at deres interesser kan tilgodeses på bedst mulig måde.
We did not conclude the negotiation and were not going to conclude the negotiation without reflecting on the le gitimate concerns of the Member States on those subjects, because that was the mandate.
Jeg kom ikke med nogen nedsættende bemærkninger om den franske regering.
I believe that we will never know the answer to that question because the negotiations are likely not to be con cluded in that way.
Hvad har vi så lært af dette?
Now it may well be that the scene shifts to the WTO.
Hvad har Kommissionen, forhandlerne, bl.a. kommissær Leon Brittan, og måske også Burenstam Linder, lært af denne diskussion?
I have said that we regard that, in any event, as the prefer able forum and as the main place in which a negotiation should take place.
Jo, at sådan her kan man simpelthen ikke gøre tingene.
To achieve that we have to persuade everybody that there should be a new Millennium round and we have to persuade people that a negotiation on in vestment should take place in it.
En investeringsaftale må ikke begrænse mulighederne, men skal tværtimod lette gennemførelsen af de internationale miljøaftaler, som man allerede har ind gået.
We will be able to do so and we shall be accountable to the democratically-elected governments of the European Union and, as has been generously said by at least one distinguished speaker, the Commission accepts its responsibilities to the European Parliament as well.
Derfor skal det af aftalen helt klart fremgå, at miljø målene er de overordnede mål.
'I am aware, nonetheless, that the MAI negotiations con tinue to generate strong feelings in some quarters and in some Member States.
På samme måde skal aftaler og planer fra de store FN-konferencer udgøre de overordnede regler for internationale aftaler også på investeringsområdet.
In particular, last Wednesday the Prime Minister of France announced in response to a par liamentary question that France would withdraw from the negotiations.
Endvidere skal det også slås fast, at i en multilateral investeringsaftale skal menneskers rettigheder gå forud for virksomhedernes.
As a result, the planned meeting this week of the OECD negotiating group will not now take place.
Det er noget sludder.
That is what I said.
Sidste år roste Ministerrådet de fremskridt, der var gjort, og bad om, at der ville blive gjort yderligere fremskridt.
It is not what the honourable Member heard and I am sorry that either through her conviction or as a result of a problem of interpretation she thought she heard what she did not hear and what was not said.
Det var legitimt for medlems staterne - for hver enkelt af dem - at tro, at en forhandling i OECD-regi, kunne give et grundlag, hvorfra man kunne fortsætte med en forhandling inden for WTO, og der kunne tages ved lære af den. Alt dette er klart.
One thing I must say, and one thing that is dangerous that has been said, is that there has been a lot of talk about sovereignty.
Brittan, Sir Leon, næstformand i Kommissionen. - (EN) Der er en større grad af enighed i denne sag, end fortalerne ønsker at indrømme.
As far as sovereignty is concerned any international agreement on any subject is to an extent an acceptance of a limitation of sovereignty.
Kendsgerningen er, at de fleste, men ikke alle, af dem, der har talt, kan se fordelene ved en international investeringsaftale, og det har de ret i.
The agreement setting up the European Union is an ex pression limiting sovereignty.
Jeg har gjort det klart her i Parlamentet den ene gang efter den anden - og senest her i dag for dem, der er rede til at lytte - at vi på vegne af medlemsstaterne af Den Europæ iske Union ikke var rede til at afslutte en forhandling og indgå en aftale, som ikke sørgede for en passende imødekommelse af de bekymringer, der var blevet udtrykt for miljøet, af de bekymringer, der var blevet udtrykt om audiovisuelle og andre kulturelle spørgsmål og af de be kymringer, der var blevet udtrykt om overholdelsen af ILO-arbejdsstandarder.
The Treaty of Maastricht limits sovereignty, the Treaty of Amsterdam limits sovereignty, but it is being done by democratically elected governments with the support of democratically-elected par liaments, because they believe that internationally we can reach an agreement which is for our benefit and achieve thereby something that cannot be done just by individual governments acting on their own.
De har ret i det, for det er en absurd karikatur at præsentere en sådan aftale, hvis den da ellers er af den rette art, som værende noget, der blot er til gavn for multinationale virksomheder.
If you take this argument about sovereignty or au pied de la lettre in the way that has been argued today, you would never have an international agreement on anything.
Det vil ikke tiltrække investering, medmindre der er passende rammer, der gør det muligt for folk at in vestere sikkert. Sådan ligger situationen. Man kan ikke fremtvinge investeringer.
Of course you may want to have provisions in agreements that allow you to withdraw from them at a certain time and on certain conditions.
Man kan råbe, og man kan skrige sloganer fra himlen,
But the argument about sovereignty is an appeal to the emotions and a con
Vi afsluttede ikke forhandlingen og ville ikke afslutte for handlingen uden at reflektere over medlemsstatemes legitime bekymringer over disse ting, for det var mandatet.
Kreissl-Dörfler (V). - (DE) Mr President, Sir Leon Brittan, of course it is absolutely clear to everyone in the House that international treaties, including the Treaty on European Union, limit sovereignty in certain areas.
Det eneste spørgsmål, der gjaldt, var, om der var en rimelig mulighed for at afslutte disse forhandlinger med en ac ceptabel aftale eller ej.
And we do not have anything at all against this. But what Mr Jospin said, and what we are also saying, is really that this agreement on MAI limits the sovereignty of a state in a particular way that is no longer linked to the way in which an EU treaty limits sovereignty, for instance.
Jeg tror aldrig, vi vil få svaret på
The issue here is preferential treatment in the area of investment: great.
Derfor mener jeg, at det er en nedla­dende udtalelse om min demokratisk valgte regering og om andre.
Kreissl-Dörfler sovereignty for this, but not for an MAI in. this form.
Flere kolleger har i øvrigt gentaget dette ud­tryk, og derfor har jeg bedt hr. Brittan om at trække udta­lelsen tilbage.
I hopcyou can agree with me on this, as that would already be important progress.
dette spørgsmål, for forhandlingerne vil med stor sand­synlighed ikke blive afsluttet på denne måde.
haust purification device in lorries and buses.
Jeg ved ikke, hvad svaret vil blive, men jeg ved, at der absolut ikke er noget grundlag for at hævde, at Kommissionen ville indgå en aftale, når vi udtrykkeligt har sagt, at vi ikke ville gøre det uden at imødekomme de legitime og rime­lige bekymringer, der var givet udtryk for!
The small changes to the limit values that have been made thus far could be dealt with by the manufacturer making a slight mechanical adjustment to the engine, changing the injection nozzle, adapting the engine, none of which involved any exhaust after treatment.
Brittan, Sir Leon, medlem af Kommissionen. ­ (EN) Hr. formand, jeg er ked af, at det ærede medlem har haft et problem med oversættelsen, men jeg fulgte rent faktisk tekstert meget omhyggeligt, og jeg vil gentage, hvad jeg sagde om den franske regering, og det eneste, jeg sagde om den franske regering, var:
I ask myself whether we can continue to accept this when we have fixed strict limits on exhaust emissions for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, which require a catalyst to be incorporated into the exhaust system. The answer is no: we urgently need exhaust after treatment for lorries too.
Nu kan det meget vel være, at der vil blive et sceneskift til WTO.
Kittelmann (PPÊ). - (DE) Mr President, I do not know whether you share my opinion.
Jeg har sagt, at vi under alle omstændigheder be­tragter det som et forum, der er at foretrække, og som det hovedsted, hvor forhandlingen bør finde sted.
I sometimes have the impression at the moment that we are sitting in the French National Assembly and not in the European Parliament.
»Jeg er bevidst om, at ΜΙΑ­forhandlingerne fortsat ska­ber stærke følelser i nogle kredse og i nogle medlemssta­ter.
I urge all those on the Left, who are so vociferous ih their views, to explain this to the Third World countries when there is no investment.