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Dens særdeles vigtige betydning for infrastrukturen skal klart erkendes af alle fornuftige men nesker.
Yesterday morning in my own area people who previously could never have hoped to have any input into European affairs, were greeting me as their European representative and saying how glad they were to see me there.
Den har en direkte indflydelse i diskussionsforumet for maritime erhverv og er særlig aktiv i ekspertgruppen vedrørende havressourcer.
They said how glad they were that Europe was able to contribute money to areas such as Castlereagh and to other parts of the province.
Vi mener, at den har noget at tilbyde, vi mener, at den fortjener at få muligheder, og vi mener, at en fair samhandel kræver, at den får adgang til nye markeder.
Rapporteurs should be disinterested and Parliament should adopt this principle in future.
Jeg vil gerne sige, at EU-fondene har spillet en helt afgørende rolle med hensyn til at udvikle økonomisk og social samhørighed i Det Forenede Kongerige.
Even worse to my mind has been the slighting reference to the work of the officials who prepare employment statistics.
Jeg ved, at Det Europæiske Folkepartis Gruppe ikke ønskede, at jeg anvendte det udtryk i min betænkning.
So all the more pity that the rapporteur has let her Old Labour instincts loose to run down and attack her country in this way and to spoil this report.
Formanden. - Forhandlingen er afsluttet.
Rarely, in my experience, has so much research gone into a report for the Committee on Regional Policy.
Strukturforanstaltninger i Det Forenede Kongerige
Secondly, it is particularly difficult in the case of the United Kingdom. Why is this?
De tilvejebringer en model for en samlet tilgang til økonomisk udvikling.
The lack of partnership; I know this because I work in an Objective 2 area and I see these things happening.
De hilses velkomne af partnerne i regionerne, og de har stimuleret til oprettelsen af nye og innovative partnerskaber.
There is a lack of partnership in many areas and almost complete lack of democracy on the programme monitoring committees.
Det har udfyldt tomrummet og afhjulpet manglen på en britisk strategisk regionalpolitik og i en vis grad kompenseret for regeringens holdning til regionaludvikling, nemlig at »vinderen stryger hele gevinsten«.
We still have problems with additionality, added to which we have the problem that the British Government has re moved from local government every scrap of finance that can be used for matching funding.
Her vil jeg gerne komplimentere Kommissionen for at udvikle nye modeller for bedste praksis. Pathways-initiativet i Merseyside, RECHAR-initiativet i Sheffield Manor Estate, partnerskabet i East Durham og programmet for fred og forsoning i Nordirland.
Good God, here we are in the European Parliament and one of our Member States is relying on the lottery for regional funding, while people are still sleeping on the streets.
Vi har også eksempler på bedste praksis i form af de uafhængige sekretariater i Skotland og ved, at man ikke længere skærer toppen af ESF-midler i program merne i Merseyside.
We have a deprivation of democracy at local level in Britain and that I hope will at least begin to end after 1 May.
Mere en 2.000 breve og spørgeskemaer blev sendt til vore partnere i regionerne, og jeg deltog i mere en 25 timers høringer ni forskellige steder i hele Det Forenede Kongerige.
Unfortunately she was not prepared to invite people from Northern Ireland to the hearing in Brussels but I am not going to fall out with her on that this evening.
Ni regioner blev bedt om at udtale sig.
There is an additional problem in the UK.
Over 300 skriftlige bidrag blev sendt til mit kontor.
It has abandoned its own regional policy almost totally.
De har som sagt tilvejebragt ekstra ressourcer til genopbygning, som på grund af vedvarende statslige nedskæringer og manglende investeringer i regionerne har udgjort en vigtig livline og i visse tilfælde har medført en for stor afhængighed af EU-fonde.
There has been long-standing concern and debate within the United Kingdom on the government position on government programmes and how they are brought about.
Det kan nævnes, at den britiske regerings investeringer i regionerne er faldet med 75 % siden 1984.
The utilization of such programmes has always been of concern, especially when it involves additionality.
Man kan derfor se, i hvor høj grad de udfylder hullerne i Det Forenede Kongerige.
This is an area of great suspicion, not only in my own province of Northern Ireland but in the United Kingdom as a whole. That must be resolved.
Hvor der skulle være ekstra midler, udfylder de i realiteten et tomrum.
There must be more transparency and objectivity as far as regional funds are concerned.
Derfor kan jeg ikke tage hele æren for denne betænkning.
We have to have some limitations on the forces of the market.
Det er ikke min personlige betænkning.
Otherwise we will never have cohesion in the European Union.
Den afspejler i høj grad synspunkterne blandt folk i regionerne.
Centralization in London does not work.
De forelagde deres foreløbige resultater for vort udvalg.
So I am in total agreement with Ms McCarthy on that.
De virkelige problemer, vi finder i regionerne, er koncentreret om regeringens dårlige forvaltning af midlerne.
Crawley (PSE). - Mr President, I welcome Arlene M c C a rthy's excellent and extensive report.
Partnerne oplever alt for tit mareridtet i form af papirarbejde, alt for meget bureaukrati.
It is a superb analysis of the role played by the structural funds in
mangler stadig at fremsende en evaluering til Kommissionen af værditilvæksten i forbindelse med denne ordning.
There was a conflict of interest where the government was the programme manager and the applicant.
At sige, at Det Forenede Kongerige har en lav vækst og en lav produktivitet, er i den grad en forvanskning af de faktiske forhold, når den britiske økonomi oplever et opsving med faldende arbejdsløshed og stigende velstand.
creating a quarter of a million jobs in the UK between 1989 and 1993, in helping to offset the serious disparity between rich and poor referred to by my colleagues and exaggerated by the political decisions of the present British Government.
En af mine lokale myndigheder har betalt 31.000 £ i renter, og den frivillige sektor mener nu, at det ikke har nogen praktisk værdi eller noget formål for dem at ansøge om disse midler.
In a time of increasing scepticism about the European Union's effectiveness, it is essential to highlight the positive contribution that the structural funds and Community initiatives have made to economic and social cohesion, to encouraging new partnerships and to job and business development.
Hvis denne regering ikke kan få fonde på 1, 6 mia £ til at fungere, hvorfor skulle man så betro den offentlige midler på 300 mia £ i de britiske fonde.
However, Ms McCarthy's report rightly spells out very clearly what is wrong with the processes which are the responsibility of the present UK Government and which have hindered the effective operation of the funds.
Men der er ærlig talt meget, der er fornuftigt i denne betænkning. Derfor er det så meget desto mere en skam, at ordføreren har sluppet sine »Old Labour«-instinkter løs og har nedrakket og angrebet sit eget land på denne måde og ødelagt betænkningen.
In my view this report shows in exemplary fashion what an important role the European Parliament can play in flanking European structural policy by not just relying on information from the Commission services but supplementing this with hearings in situ and the views of the regions.
Ahern (V). - (EN) Hr. formand, hvis en irsk kvinde må bryde ind i denne forhandling og gyde olie på oprørte vande, vil jeg holde mig til europæiske spørgsmål.
In my own constituency of Birmingham, we have just heard the sorry tale of Objective 3 submissions.
Jeg glæder mig meget over denne betænkning og dens betoning af den regionale forvaltning af strukturfondene.
The process of submitting applications this year under Objective 3 of the ESF has been fraught with dreadful problems.
Af egen erfaring og ud fra mit perspektiv som medlem af De Grønne er dette en meget effektiv måde at forvalte disse midler på, og den kan være mere effektiv end den nationale forvaltning.
The interactive computer discs prepared by the government for applicants were not sent out from the Department of Education and Employment until 14 February with a closing date for applicants of 10 March.
Som en konsekvens heraf skal partnerne betale kolossale renter.
So this comprehensive preparatory work means that the report and its recommendations carry great weight.
En leder af et offentligt/privat partnerskab sagde: »Vi har betalt så meget for overtræk og i bankomkostninger, at vi overvejer en ny underordnet programforanstaltning, støtte til finansielle institutioner«. En kynisk be mærkning, men den viser deres frustration over systemet.
For instance they indicate the decisive part played by national implementation in the success of European structural policy.
Hvordan kan det være, at næsten 50 % af befolkningen i Det Forenede Kongerige siden 1994 har boet i et område, som er berettiget til europæisk støtte. Dette er fiasko, ikke succes. Det er ikke en succeshistorie.
A week after the closing date for the applications, the Birmingham City Council local authority was issued with revised assessment guidelines for the selection criteria which meant that all Birmingham City Council's initial bids had to be re-written.
Det er en kraftig påmindelse om den britiske økonomis faktisk tilstand.
Perhaps Mr Chichester could double as a stand-up comedian as well as an MEP.
Det viser sig i hele Fællesskabet, at navnlig når man har at gøre med arbejdsløshedsproblemer. kan den lokale forvaltning være meget mere effektiv i forbindelse med de europæiske midler. Ordføreren omtaler erfaringerne fra Skotland, hvor de lokale myndigheder indtager den le dende planlægningsrolle sammen med andre partnere, og disse har været meget positive.
In view of the great number of points raised in the report, I want to concentrate on a few important questions here, for the other points will be dealt with in the Commission's followup to this report and I am sure I will have several opportunities to discuss the questions raised about the future shape of structural policy during our regular meet ings with the Committee on Regional Policy and with Parliament in the coming months.
I Irland har vi behov for en højere grad af regionalisering og mindre centralisering. Betænkningens betoning af decentralisering er meget glædelig ud fra et helt igennem europæisk perspektiv.
Donnelly, Alan John, (PSE). - Mr President, there are two important issues to make here particularly for the people on the benches opposite, because there is an allegation that this is a partisan report.
Som det hed i beretningen om samhørighed, er fattigdom men steget i Det Forenede Kongerige.
First of all I would like to quote the evidence that was given by the regional CBI.
17,5 % af husholdningerne lever nu under sultegrænsen, og ét ud af tre børn lever i fattigdom i Det Forenede Kongerige.
Perhaps Mr Chichester could check this in the extensive report that Ms McCarthy has put together.
Det spørgsmål, vi må stille os selv, er: Hvor ville Storbritannien være uden de europæiske strukturfonde?
The regional CBI claimed in the evidence that they gave to the inquiry conducted in the United Kingdom, that they were not listened to, that they were not involved properly in the procedures, and that for a government that is committed to the business community, large sums of money were given to the privatized utilities in the United Kingdom, rather than to small or mediumsized enterprises.
Hvor meget bedre kunne det ikke have været, hvis den britisk regering virkelig havde støttet partnerskabsprincippet.
The sum of £435m was quoted by the regional employers' organizations.
Jeg beder derfor Parlamentet om at stemme for min betænkning og stemme for et forbedret demokrati, et større demokratisk ansvar og en mere effektiv anvendelse af EU's struktur fonde.
Surely even Mr Chichester and his colleagues in the PPE must accept that when the regional employers' organizations complain about the way in which these funds are being allocated then even they must listen to what is being said.
Hun har foretaget høringer i hele Det Forenede Kongerige, herunder Nordirland.
I believe that is a very important finding, which I hope will be noted by the people of the United Kingdom.
Desværre var hun ikke rede til at invitere personer fra Nordirland til høringen i Bruxelles, men jeg vil ikke lægge mig ud med hende af den grund i aften.
I am also encouraged by the acknowledgement of the impact that European regional policy has in many cases had on strategic regional planning and local and regional partner ships.
Chichester (PPE). - (EN) Hr. formand, det havde været rart, hvis jeg kunne have rost ordføreren for hendes arbejde. I stedet må jeg beklage både manipuleringen af Parlamentets tidsplan med hensyn til at få denne betænkning behandlet under dette minimøde og den himmelråbende, partiske, partipolitiske art, som meget af teksten er af.
The principle of regional partnership is a crucial aspect of regional policy.
Det skal beklages, at socialisterne har tilsidesat den gængse praksis med ikke at udarbejde en betænkning om ens eget land.
In addition, a very senior, recently retired, civil servant, submitted evidence to Ms McCarthy.
Det er rent usædvanligt, at en betænkning som denne, der ikke vedrører et presserende lovgivningsmæssigt spørgsmål, har en så komprimeret tidsplan, at den forelægges plenarforsamlingen kun to uger efter, at den er
In his written evidence he said that there was clear evidence of delays in decisionmaking by the British Government, inadequate briefing of potential applicants, poor or ineligible applications blocking systems, inadequate appraisal of applications and a potential conflict between the applicants and decision-makers, particularly in the case of the government itself, as the programme manager and applicant.
Dette har været noget af det, der har været genstand for mest interesse.
The Commission can indeed offer incentives to improve partnership.
Dette er et område med stor mistro, ikke kun i min provins i Nordirland, men også i hele Det Forenede Kongerige. Dette skal ændres.
In the framework of current legislation, how ever, it is not possible for the Commission to determine the type and role of partnership, nor am I sure whether this would always be desirable, because partnership has to be built up from below.
Der skal være mere gen nemsigtighed og objektivitet, for så vidt angår regional fondene.
Nevertheless I would emphasize that we have achieved some success recently in England too with partnership, especially in regard to the participation of elected representatives at local level.
I modsat fald får vi aldrig samhørighed i Den Europæiske Union.
Regional Policy, on development problems in the outer­most regions of the European Union.
Crawley (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, jeg glæder mig over Arlene McCarthys fortræffelige og omfattende betænkning. Det er en glimrende analyse af den rolle, som strukturfondene har spillet ved at skabe en kvart million arbejdspladser i Det Forenede Kongerige i perioden 19891993 og ved at hjælpe med til at udligne den alvorlige forskel mellem rige og fattige, som mine kolleger var inde på, og som er blevet større som følge af den nuværende britiske regerings politiske beslutninger.
Fernández Martín (PPE), rapporteur. - (ES) Mr Presi­dent, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I should like to greet the representation of the Joint Com­mittee of the Spanish Senate and Congress, responsible for European Union affairs, who are in the public gallery.
Den centrale kontrol fra finansministeriets side fungerer så absolut ikke og skal bringes til ophør.
Meanwhile the private sector is also represented in numer­ous Monitoring Committees.
Jeg er derfor fuldstændig enig med fr. McCarthy her.
This reflects its increased participation in the programmes.
De sagde, at de var meget glade for, at Europa var i stand til at bidrage med midler til områder som Castlereagh og andre dele af provinsen.
Yet I still maintain that it would be desirable also to involve the unions, i.e. all the social partners.
I en tid med en stigende skepsis over for Den Europæiske Unions effektivitet er det meget vigtigt at fremhæve det positive bidrag, som strukturfondene og fællesskabsinitiativerne har ydet til økonomisk og social samhørighed, til at animere til nye partnerskaber og til job- og erhvervsudvikling.
In your report you call on the Commission to introduce improved administrative and financial procedures for im­plementing the programmes and I believe there is cer­tainly room for improvement here, although quite a lot has meanwhile been done.
Men fr. McCarthys betænkning redegør med rette særdeles klart for, hvad der er galt med de processer, som den nuværende britiske regering er ansvarlig for, og som har været til hinder for, at fondene fungerer effektivt.
For instance, new project evalua­tion procedures have been introduced, to ensure greater transparency in selection and we have an exchange of information about the most effective means of implemen­tation.In Sweden a conference was held for the secretariats of the objective 2 programmes in 1996, which specifically discussed administrative and financial procedures. The Regional Fund is also supporting an objective 2 network for exchanges of experience.
Jeg var medlem af Udvalget om Regionalpolitik i fem år, og det er med den største respekt ikke fr. McCarthys opgave at udarbejde en sådan betænkning.
According to that Declaration, the ultra­peripheral regions of the European Union are the French overseas departments, the autono­mous Portuguese regions of Madeira and the Azores and the Spanish Canary Islands.
Når udvalget fremover vælger ordførere, bør det sikre, at de ikke kommer fra den medlemsstat, som betænkningen vedrører. Ordførere bør være upartiske, og Parlamentet bør følge dette princip i fremtiden.
This Declaration also recog­nises that ultra­peripheral regions suffer major structural lags, made worse by various phenomena including, to name just a few, their remoteness, in terms of thousands of kilometres, their isolation, their harsh climates, apart from other geographical and demographic factors, high rates of unemployment, education problems, cultural difficulties, etc.
Crampton (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, jeg komplimenterer fru McCarthy for hendes fortræffelige betænkning og også for de undersøgelser, der ligger til grund for den.
I keep being asked about the problem of payments ­especially for small organizations, which can soon get into difficulties if payments are late.
Der har efter min erfaring sjældent ligget så mange undersøgelser til grund for en betænkning for Udvalget om Regionalpolitik.
But let me emphatically point out again that the European Commission does actually make advance payments, as I also told the House of Lords.
I min valgkreds i Birmingham har vi lige hørt den triste historie om ansøgningerne i forbindelse med mål nr. 3.
For instance, on signature of a programme we pay 50 % of the first annual tranche, in the case of smaller amounts even 50 % of the total programme amount.
Processen med at indgive ansøgninger i år i forbindelse med ESF's mål nr. 3 har været forbundet med frygtelige problemer.
The further payments are made on submission of statements of expenditure that show that the programme is running according to plan.
Selv på det tidspunkt var diskene ikke blevet afprøvet ordentligt og fungerede ikke ordentligt.
It is only the final payment for the last annual tranche that is not made until after a full and exact final report has been received.
En uge efter ansøgningsfristens udløb modtog Birmingham City Councils lokale myndighed reviderede retningslinjer for udvælgelseskriterierne, hvilket betød, at alle Birmingham City Councils oprindelige ansøgninger skulle skrives om.
In the case of the UK, there are indeed delays after the conclusion of old programmes and in the final payment, which in some cases are due to the fact that the financial details forwarded to us are not consistent with the declared expenditure.
Dette er et meget vanskeligt spørgsmål. For det første fordi det er vanskeligt i detaljer at undersøge strukturfondene i en hvilken som helst af medlemsstaterne.
The concept of the ultra­peripheral region was not in­vented at Maastricht; before their mention in the Treaties, these regions went down long historic roads parallel to the very growth of the Union from the Treaty of Rome until now.
For det andet er det navnlig vanskeligt i Det Forenede Kongeriges tilfælde. Hvorfor? Vi har alle de problemer, som fru McCarthy skitserede.
In fact, in the case of France, there was already recognition of the specific features of its overseas depart­ments in Article 227 of the Treaty of Rome.
Der mangler partnerskaber i mange områder, og der mangler næsten fuldstændig demokrati i programovervågningsudvalgene.
In the Portuguese case, the special features of the application of Community law to the regions of the Azores and Madeira were made explicit in the Treaty of Accession.
Alan John Donnelly (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, der skal fremsættes to vigtige bemærkninger her, navnlig til personerne på pladserne overfor, da der fremkom en påstand om, at dette er en partisk betænkning.
To conclude, let me point out again that I also agree with your call for the European Union's structural measures to be made clearer to the general public and that this also means an obligation to provide information on the part of national and regional authorities and project backers.
Der er et yderligere problem i Det Forenede Kongerige.
President. ­ The debate is closed.
Det har næsten fuldstændig opgivet sin regionalpolitik.
The vote will take place tomorrow7 at 11 a.m.
Allerførst vil jeg gerne nævne de vidneforklaringer, som sammenslutningen af regionale arbejdsgiverforeninger, CBI, afgav. Hr. Chichester kunne måske kontrollere dette i den omfattende betænkning, som fr. McCarthy har sat sammen.
The treatment of the specific nature of the outermost regions in application of Community law has been con­solidated in the three programmes of options specifically relating to remoteness and insularity ­ POSEIDOM, in the case of France.
Selv hr. Chichester og hans kolleger i PPE må klart acceptere, at når de regionale arbejdsgiverforeninger klager over den måde, som disse midler tildeles på, så er selv de nødt til at lytte til det, der bliver sagt.
This is an uncertainty added to so many others hanging over the future of the European Union, such as those relating to integration, deepening of the Union and enlargement.
Endvidere afgav en meget højtstående, for nylig pensioneret embedsmand vidneforklaring til fr. McCarthy. I sin
President. ­ The next item is the report (A4­0128/97) by Mr Fernández Martín, on behalf of the Committee on
Alan John Donnelly meningsforskelle blandt parterne om den positive vurdering af partnerskaberne i Nordirland.
Fernández Martín employment, transport, taxation, social infrastructures, technology and environmental protection.
Der var en interesse konflikt i tilfælde af, at regeringen var både programforvalter og ansøger.
in a very different way - compared with the European continent - in territories located thousands of kilometres away.
Kommissionen kan i realiteten give impulser til forbedring af partnerskabet. Inden for rammerne af de nuværende lovbestemmelser er det imidlertid ikke muligt for Kom missionen at fastlægge partnerskabets art og rolle, og jeg er heller ikke sikker på, at det altid ville være ønskværdigt, fordi partnerskab skal vokse op nedefra.
But even assuming that that is done, we still lack an integrated European policy and strategy for the promotion of equality of development opportunity in the island regions of the Union, for tackling the problems of those regions effectively and for genuinely strengthening their economic competitiveness.