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Kommissionen har foreslået en bevilling på 7 mia ECU til landene i Mellem- og Østeuropa og 5,5 mia ECU til tredjelande i Middelhavsområdet, og Rådet må fortælle os, hvornår det vil vedtage disse bevillinger, og om det vil respektere denne ligevægt.
I should like to remind the House that we have put in place special machinery and funding from the European Union for the reconstruction and, I would say, the return to life of Sarajevo, on the one hand, and also Mostar, on the other, concentrating a good deal of resources, in fact, on Mostar, which is placed under the temporary administration of the European Union, under the authority of Mr Koschnick.
Hvis Rådet ikke vedtager Kommissionens forslag, vil der ikke være midler til at sikre den politik, som rådsformanden så udmærket har redegjort for.
So we will see what resources we can devote, among those which have been allocated to these operations, to supporting efforts of the type which you have mentioned to us.
Han talte om aftaler og om en ny middelhavspolitik, og det er altsammen meget godt. Men Rådet ved udmærket, at Den Europæiske Unions troværdighed vil være lig nul i de pågældende lande, hvis den ikke yder et minimum af økonomisk støtte.
Pasty (RDE). — (FR) I thank the Council for the quite positive reply which it has just given me as regards, in particular, the possibility of extending the PHARE Programme and, there fore, the Tempus Programme, to Croatia in the near future and, also, an opening where Bosnia-Hercegovina in concerned.
Jeg spørger derfor Rådet, hvornår det vil vedtage de af Kommissionen foreslåede bevillinger, og om det kan erklære sig enigt med Kommissionen.
Posselt (PPE). — (DE) Mr President-in-Office, thank you for your replies and especially for the fact that the French presidency has managed finally to ensure a negotiating man date with Slovenia.
Det er uomgængeligt nødvendigt at yde økonomisk støtte til den sydlige del af Middelhavsområdet.
Komarica, recently visited Strasbourg and Brussels and told that brutal expulsions are taking place in Banja Luka.
Kommissionen har foreslået Rådet at udvide PHARE-programmet til Slovenien og Kroatien, men efter Parlamentets udtalelse har Rådet kun medtaget Slovenien indtil videre. Vi har talt om det i eftermiddag i forbindelse med forhandlingen om Kroatien.
I would like to ask the Council to look closely into the situation of the people of all nationalities and religious communities in the occupied territories of Bosnia-Hercegovina, for they make up the major part of Bosnia-Hercegovina and have disappeared totally from the public eye.
Endvidere spørger jeg Rådet, hvordan det agter at bekæmpe de stadig mere udbredte mafianet i Østeuropa, som kan udgøre en trussel imod den planlagte finansiering.
Lamassoure. — (FR) You are quite right, Mr Posselt. in saying that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are suffering in this country.
I lyset af udviklingen i situationen i Kroatien har Rådet på nuværende tidspunkt igen konsulteret Europa-Parlamentet for at udvide PHARE-programmet til dette land, og vi håber, at Parlamentet hurtigt kan give os et positivt svar.
But I do actually hope that (as you have suggested may be possible) — even for Bosnia-Hercegovina, where we know that the return to peace will be extremely slow — if there are requests which are completely justified, it will be possible to find a way to take account of them by extending humanitarian aid to this very special case of exchanges of an intellectual nature between the European Union and the Republics of the former Yugoslavia.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Jeg vil gerne først sige til fru Izquierdo, at i modsætning til det, hun tænker, hvad angår støtten til landene i Øst, har Rådet ikke truffet nogen beslutning.
Lamassoure. — (FR) I should like to say that I am very sensitive to the spirit in which Mr Pasty has asked his question and what I propose to him is that, if he so wishes, he should give us the information he has, so that we can see what concrete assistance we can give to the people who contacted him, and so that we can see, in particular — once again, outside the humanitarian credits — if it is possible to do something to help these individuals and these teams of lecturers and researchers, within the framework, of course, of our policy of encouraging the peace process in the region.
Hvad angår Bosnien-Hercegovina, vil Rådet efter forslag fra Kommissionen ikke undlade at træffe afgørelsen om en eventuel udvidelse af PHARE-programmet og således af TEMPUS-programmet, så snart betingelserne er til stede.
I should like to say thai the European Union's aid to Bosnia represents 707r of the total effort by the international community on behalf of this country; that we have decided to allocate, in particular, ECU 80 million in 1985 for the administration of Mostar, to which will be added ECU 7 million for the repair of the railway line from Sarajevo to Ploce; and that, since the beginning of the conflict, the European Union has spent nearly a thousand million ecus on humanitarian programmes in the former Yugoslavia.
Dette med det formål at nå frem til et afbalanceret resultat mellem disse to kategorier af lande.
As soon as we can — in other words, as soon as there is a genuine peace agreement in Bosnia — the Council will, naturally, propose that a special effort to provide aid for the
Pastv disse operationer, vi kan bruge til at støtte bestræbelser af den type, som De har nævnt for os.
Lamassoure people and. also, for lhe rebuilding of this unfortunate country, should be launched by the European Union.
Posselt (PPE). — (DE) Hr. rådsformand jeg takker Dem meget for Deres svar og frem for alt for, at det franske formandskab har formået endelig at sørge for, at der blev udstedt et forhandlingsmandat med Slovenien.
Question No 9 by Mr Hugh McMahon (H-0144/95) Subject: Fourth action programme on poverty
I første omgang kunne jeg tænke mig at få at vide, hvordan tidsplanen ser ud med hensyn til dette mandat.
Dury (PSE). — (FR) Mr President, we have already — at a plenary sitting — adopted a position on this programme to combat poverty.
For det andet: hvad angår Bosnien-Hercegovina, så er der ikke kun Sarajevo og Mostar, som opmærksom heden er rettet imod i al almindelighed, men frem for alt også de besatte områder i dette land, som ingen taler om. For eksempel har biskop Komarica fra Banja Luka forleden besøgt Strasbourg og Bruxelles og berettet om, at der finder brutale uddrivelser sted i Banja Luka.
As this is a question of the very rules on decisionmaking to which you have just referred, could you say if. at the next intergovernmental conference, you will defend the principle of decisionmaking by qualified majority and not by unanimity for all social questions, and in particular those relating to poverty, as we know that, in the last analysis, the problem lies essentially at decisionmaking level?
Jeg anmoder Rådet om at beskæftige sig intensivt med situationen for menneskene af alle nationaliteter og trosretninger i de serbisk besatte områder i Bosnien-Hercegovina, fordi de udgør størsteparten af Bosnien-Hercegovina og er helt forsvundet ud af offentlighedens synsfelt.
Question 23 of the February part-session, can the President-in-Office inform Parliament as to what steps will be taken to secure a rapid and speedy adoption of the fourth poverty programme'?
Der er over to millioner mennesker, der kun kan overleve takket være fødevarehjælpen, der finansieres af Den Europæiske Union.
I am not authorized to tell you what the Council's position on this key subject will be in 1996 but. if Parliament permits. I shall express a personal opinion.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Jeg vil gerne sige, at jeg er meget opmærksom på den tankegang, der ligger til grund for hr. Pasty's spørgsmål, og det, jeg foreslår ham. er at give os de informationer, som han har, således at vi kan se på, hvilken konkret bistand, vi kan give de personer, der har henvendt sig til ham, og således at vi især kan se på, endnu en gang ud over bistandsbevillingerne, om det er muligt at gøre noget for at hjælpe disse personer og disse grupper af lærere og forskere, naturligvis inden for rammerne af vores politik til opmuntring af fredsprocessen i området.
I should like to say that the French presidency completely shares Mr McMahon's concern as to the importance of this programme, and I believe that the President of the Republic. Mr Mitterrand, when he came to present the priorities of the French presidency to the European Parliament, recalled the importance for France of the social dimension of Community policy, and in particular the struggle to combat poverty.
Dette beløb kan for øvrigt fordobles, hvis man hertil lægger den bilaterale bistand.
Therefore, I am personally convinced that decisionmaking by majority will have to become the common legal system in an enlarged Union.
Sir Jack Stewart-Clark (PPE). — (EN) For omkring halvandet år siden lykkedes det mig at rejse et beløb til skolebørnene i provinsen Siroky Briedj i Hercegovina.
As the honourable Member knows, this programme has actually been blocked at the Council for over a year because of the opposition of one delegation out of the Fifteen, but it remains a priority.
Så snart vi kan, det vil sige, så snart der foreligger en egentlig fredsaftale i Bosnien, vil Rådet naturligvis foreslå, at der af Den Europæiske Union iværksættes en særlig hjælpeindsats for befolkningerne og også hjælp til genopbygning af dette ulykkelige land.
I can only invite all Members of the European Parliament, if they agree with this analysis of the situation, to support our efforts in their dealings with their own governments so that, in the Council, we attain the unanimity necessary for approving this programme which is so important.
Formanden. — Spørgsmål nr. 5 er trukket tilbage.
President. — Question No 10 by Mr John Cushnahan (H0187/95)
Vil Rådet forsikre os, at der vil blive gennemført en ordentlig undersøgelse af, hvor i Bosnien-Hercegovina der er meget stor mangel på undervisningsmateriel, og at det vil gøre noget ved denne situation?
McMahon (PSE). — 1 thank the President-in-Office for his very constructive reply and welcome him back here.
Spørgsmål nr. 9 af Hugh McMahon (H-0144/95):
Subject: Agricultural prices 1995/96
Om: Fjerde handlingsprogram om bekæmpelse af fattigdom dom
Secondly. 1 would assure him that as far as many of us are concerned in Parliament, we will give him wholehearted backing in getting this measure onto the agenda and getting it adopted.
Jeg er i øvrigt lidt betænkelig over formuleringen af dette spørgsmål, hvori der henvises til det tidligere Jugoslavien.
Would the council agree that, in view of the healthy state of the dairy markets, the Commission's proposal for a 2% reduction in butter prices is totally unjustified and should be rejected?
Kan rådsformanden i forlængelse af et svar, som han gav om det franske formandskabs prioriteringer på det sociale område (spørgsmål 23 under mødeperioden i februar), oplyse, hvilke foranstaltninger der vil blive truffet med henblik på hurtig vedtagelse af det fjerde program om bekæmpelse af fattigdom?
Would the Council further agree that export refunds for butter should be restored to realistic levels without delay if dairy markets weaken?
Lamassoure. — (FR) Hr. parlamentsmedlem Jeg kan berolige Dem fuldstændigt, hvad angår det sidste spørgsmål.
Could I ask him whether the French presidency envisages having bilateral talks or further discussions within Coreper to get the matter expedited further?
Lamassoure, formand for Rådet. — (FR) Hr. McMahon spørger Rådet om tidsplanen for det fjerde handlingsprogram om bekæmpelse af fattigdom.
Lamassoure, President-in-Office of the Council. — (FR) Mr Cushnahan is asking the Council about the proposals made by the Commission within the framework of the price package for the next marketing year, which would reduce the price of butter by 2%, and also about the problem of export refunds for this product, given the developments in the market for dairy produce.
Vi vil således se, hvilke midler blandt dem. der er blevet tildelt til
That is why. for France as for many other delegations, this programme has acquired significance as a model.
Jeg vil gerne sige, at det franske formandskab fuldt ud deler hr. McMahons bekymring med hensyn til interessen for dette program, og jeg tror. at den franske præsident, hr. Mitterrand, da han præsenterede det franske formandskabs prioriteringer for Europa-Parlamentet, erindrede om betydningen for Frankrig af den sociale dimension i fællesskabspolitikken, især
Up to now, no decision has been taken on the price of butter, and I would say to Mr Cushnahan and to Parliament that a majority of Member Stales — including, incidentally, the State which has lhe presidency — is opposed to a reduction in the price of butter, as such a reduction would go beyond the commitments to reduce prices stipulated by the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Lamassoure forbindelse vil jeg for øvrigt bemærke, at det var vanskeligere at opnå et kvalificeret flertal, da vi var tolv end enstemmighed hos seks, da et kvalificeret flertal med tolv var på otte medlemmer.
Lamassoure of Human Rights, has had occasion to give a number of verdicts on violations, by a State, of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Vi har siden den første januar konstateret, at med femten er det endnu vanskeligere at opnå enstemmighed.
According to this Convention, freedom of religion is an inalienable right.
Når vi bliver tyve eller tredive, vil beslutning ved enstemmighed være synonymt med overhovedet intet at beslutte.
On the second question, which concerns export refunds for butter, may I remind the House that the level of refunds falls within the competence of the Commission alone, which consults the administrations of Member States in the manage ment committees.
Jeg er således personligt overbevist om, at beslutningen ved flertal bør forblive den almengyldige ordning i en udvidet Union.
Balfe (PSE). — We hear a lot about human rights, indeed a country not that far away from Greece is constantly the subject of questions about human rights.
bekæmpelsen af fattigdom. Som De ved, hr. parlamentsmedlem, har dette program i over et år været blokeret i Rådet på grund af modstand fra en delegation blandt De Femten, men dette er stadig en prioritet.
Given the recent improvement in the market for dairy produce, the Commission has decided on several successive reductions in refunds from the beginning of 1995.
Vi fortsætter kontakterne, og vi håber at kunne overbevise alle vores partnere om at sætte dette punkt på dagsordenen, således at det kan godkendes inden halvårets udgang.
If the market situation became less favourable, the Council could have occasion to invite the Commission to re-examine the level of refunds for butter.
Jeg kan kun opfordre alle medlemmerne af Europa-Parlamentet, hvis de er enige i denne analyse, til at støtte vores bestræbelser i deres regering, således at vi i Rådet kan opnå den nødvendige enstemmighed for at godkende dette så vigtige program.
At the Agricultural Council on 21 February last, at Ireland's request, the Commission undertook to follow market developments more closely and to take action if this seemed necessary.
Formanden. — Spørgsmål nr. 10 af John Cushnahan (H0187/95):
The imprisonment of Mr Mehmet Emin Aga is a contravention of human rights and freedom of religion.
McMahon (PSE). — (EN) Jeg takker rådsformanden for det meget konstruktive svar og ønsker ham velkommen tilbage hertil.
To this has to be added the denial of human rights to Jehovah's Witnesses, another religious group — and I am not a Jehovah's Witness — which has also had difficulties.
Dernæst kan jeg forsikre ham, at mange af Parlamentets medlemmer vil give ham deres uforbeholdne støtte til at få denne foranstaltning sat på dagsordenen og vedtaget.
Can I ask the Council to draw firmly to the attention of all Members of the Council that if they wish to talk about human rights, they need to practice what the preach?
Er det ikke. på baggrund af de sunde mejeriproduktmarkeder.
I find it amazing that, given the healthy state that the dairy sector is in, we are now down to somewhere around 43 000 tonnes in intervention, which is a dramatic improvement from what it used to be.
Rådets opfattelse, at Kommissionens forslag om en 2%-sænkning af smørpriserne er fuldstændig uberettiget og bør forkastes?
It seems to me that there is no logic for making this proposal for a 2% reduction in butter prices.
Jeg vil gerne spørge ham, om det franske formandskab påtænker at indlede bilaterale forhandlinger eller fortsætte drøftelserne i Coreper for yderligere at fremme sagen? I betragtning af at handlingsprogrammet i juni sidste år blev afvist hovedsagelig på grund af holdningen i den tyske regering, som tror på subsidiaritet, hvilke skridt har man da taget for at overtale den tyske regering til at ændre indstilling og indtage samme holdning som de øvrige 14 medlemsstater?
I ask the President-in-Office to do all he can to ensure that this particular unreasonable proposal from the Commission is stopped within the Council and that they put forward a package which is more realistic in regard to whatever is the situation in the general sector.
Med hensyn til det andet spørgsmål, der vedrører eksportrestitutionerne for smør, vil jeg erindre om, at niveauet for restitutionerne udelukkende henhører under Kommissionens kompetence; Kommissionen konsulterer medlemsstaternes myndigheder i forvaltningskomitéerne.
Lamassoure. — (FR) I would simply confirm to Mr Cushnahan that the concerns of the French presidency, in this highly sensitive and very important sector, correspond exactly to those which he has just expressed.
Det er derfor, vi fortsætter med at forhandle i håbet om, at vi vil kunne overbevise alle vores partnere.
And that no protests have been registered to date?
På det juridiske plan har vi dog behov for enstemmighed, og da der allerede for et år siden har været en fiasko i Rådet om dette emne, er vores hensigt kun igen at sætte dette problem på Rådets dagsorden, hvis vi er sikre på at nå frem til en positiv beslutning.
Is the Council aware that Mehmet Emin Aga. who was elected by the Turkish minority in Western Thrace as the Mufti of Xhanti, was sentenced on 26 January 1995 by the Larissa Court of Appeals in Greece to ten months' imprisonment on charges of usurping the title of Mufti and was then sent to Larissa prison?
I betragtning af den seneste forbedring af markedet for mejeriprodukter har Kommissionen besluttet flere på hinanden følgende nedsættelser af restitutionerne fra begyndelsen af 1995.
Fourthly, does he know that the Muslim clergyman in question can obtain his release by paying the sum of 1800 dollars?
Hvis markedssituationen blev mindre gunstig, kunne Rådet se sig nødsaget til at opfordre Kommissionen til igen at undersøge niveauet for restitutionerne for smør.
Does the Council accept that a basic religious freedom must be the freedom of people to choose their own religious leaders?
Dury (PSE). — (FR) Hr. formand, vi har allerede på plenarmødet vedtaget en stilling til dette program om bekæmpelse af fattigdom.
Lamassoure. — (FR) No, I repeat, il is not for the presidency to interfere the in internal affairs of one of the Member States.
Vel vidende at problemet, når alt kommer til alt, i al væsentlighed hører hjemme på beslutningstagningsniveauet?
I therefore consider that, on this subject, there is clearly a debate between Members of the European Parliament, a debate in which the presidency does not wish to take part.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Fru Dury, jeg er ikke bemyndiget til at fortælle Dem, hvilken stilling Rådet vil have til dette nøgleemne i 1996, men hvis Parlamentet tillader det, vil jeg komme med en personlig bemærkning.
Lamassoure, President-in-Office of the Council. — (FR) Mr Balfe is asking the Council about the conditions in which Mr Mehmet Emin Aga has been imprisoned in Greece.
Da vi var seks om bordet, var det ikke umuligt at træffe enstemmige beslutninger og heller ikke alt for vanskeligt, så længe de seks første lande, der underskrev Rom-traktaten var sammenlignelige lande, naboer, der kendte hinanden godt, med beslægtet kultur og historisk tradition.
1 would say to Mr Balfe that the Council has never had occasion to discuss the facts referred to in the question which, in the case in point, are a matter solely for the Member State concerned.
Da vi blev tolv, var det nødvendigt med Enhedsakten, således at de fleste beslutninger kunne træffes ved flertal. I den
In particular, the Council of Europe, through its legal bodies, the European Commission on Human Rights and European Court
Cushnahan (PPE). — (EN) Jeg hilser rådsformandens redegørelse, hvori han i det mindste gav udtryk for det franske formandskabs standpunkt, velkommen.
Alavanos (GUE/NGL). - (EL) Mr President, I believe that 1 can ask a second, supplementary question, as my fellow Member is absent.
Jeg er glad for hans anerkendelse af, at disse forslag går langt videre end reformen af den fælles landbrugsbrugspolitik.
Given, as you have seen, that the questions put by Mr Balfe contained a number of inaccuracies.
Jeg finder det utroligt, at der, på baggrund af mejerisektorens gode sundhedstilstand, nu kun interventionsopkøbes 43.000 tons, hvilket er en dramatisk forbedring i forhold til tidligere.
I should like to take this opportunity to ask the President-in-Office if. when formulating a reply, the Chair consults the other 14 Member States of the Council.
Det forekommer mig ulogisk at foreslå en 2%-sænkning af smørpriserne.
Because your reply was not satisfactory.
De 35% er en forskelsbehandling af
A Mufti, for example, is not a religious leader.
Klironomos (PSE). — (EL) Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne spørge formanden for Rådet, om han er klar over følgende kendsgerninger: ninger:
Lamassoure. — (FR) My reply to the honourable Member is precise.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Jeg vil bare gerne over for hr. Cushnahan bekræfte, at det franske formandskabs interesser inden for denne meget følsomme og meget vigtige sektor ligger helt på linje med det. han lige har givet udtryk for.
It consists in not replying, as the question asked is not a matter for the presidency of the Council, nor for the Council itself.
For det første, at der ikke findes et tyrkisk mindretal i Grækenland.
As for the rest, on the particular point which lhe honourable Member has raised.
Der findes et muslimsk mindretal, hvilket også fremgår af Lausanne-traktaten af 1923.
I can assure him that outline replies from lhe presidency are systematically submitted to the governments of the fifteen Member Stales.
Spørgsmål nr. 11 af Richard Balfe (H-
That is why. in principle, when I speak.
For det andet er det velkendt, også i Tyrkiet, at muftier ikke vælges af de muslimske troende, men udpeges af de tyrkiske myndigheder, hvilket efter min opfattelse er berettiget, da muftierne ikke kun udfører religiøse opgaver, men også har administrative og retslige pligter.
What priority is the presidency proposing for the adoption of an external relations policy for civil aviation?
Er det for det tredje ikke velkendt, at dette muslimske mindretal frit og uhindret udøver deres religiøse rettigheder i Grækenland? Og at der aldrig før har været nogen protester?
Looking at the open skies bilateral agreements currently under discussion between the US and certain Member States, I believe firmly that these agreements are not in the European Union's interests.
Er Rådet ikke enig i. at en grundlæggende religionsfrihed må være folks frihed til at vælge deres egne religiøse ledere?
They are opening up our national markets to American carriers without giving us equal or reciprocal access to their own domestic market.
Og er det for det fjerde ikke velkendt, at den omtalte muslimske gejstlige havde mulighed for at blive løsladt, hvis han betalte 1800 dollars?
The President­in­Office musi ensure that we have an external relations policy which recognizes the European Union as a single market.
Jeg vil bede om et svar fra rådsformanden.
This must in turn be recognized by the US.