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The more personal touch which I wished to give my Presidency was to ensure, as my predecessors had done, that the European Parliament was perceived within the Union and in the world at large as a leading advocate of universal values and solidarity, of people’s aspirations, in addition to acting as co-legislator for a Community of just under half a billion people.
Predsedovanju sem želela dati tudi osebni pečat. Kot moji predhodniki sem si prizadevala, da v Uniji, pa tudi širše po svetu, na Evropski parlament ne bi gledali le kot na sozakonodajno telo za skoraj pol milijarde moških in žensk, pač pa kot na velikega glasnika univerzalnih vrednot in solidarnosti, torej človeškega upanja.
On first being elected in 1984, my political activities at European level were focused on working towards two objectives: first of all, building an irreversible Union based on peace and progress for all, between all
Vse od moje prve izvolitve leta 1984 je bilo moje politično angažiranje za Evropo usmerjeno k dvema dopolnjujočima se ciljema: da bi z vsemi evropskimi državami in ljudstvi, ki to želijo, družno oblikovali unijo miru
D the states and peoples of Europe who wished to be part of this Union and, secondly, ensuring that this Europe under construction was supported and – I am not afraid to say it – loved by all those hoping to see it develop into more than a mere market without internal borders.
D in napredka za vse, in da bi to Evropo v izgradnji podpirali in - upam si celo reči - imeli radi vsi, ki od nje pričakujejo, da bo več kot zgolj trg brez notranjih meja.
This was my consistent objective during my Presidency, even though I would, of course, have liked to do more.
To dvojno stremljenje me je zaposlovalo ves čas mojega predsedovanja, čeprav bi si seveda želela narediti še več in bolje.
From this point of view, there were a large number of striking and emblematic events.
S tega vidika so se zvrstili številni omembe vredni in nadvse simbolični dogodki.
There were the frozen bodies of two Guinean adolescents found in the undercarriage of an aeroplane on arrival at Paris-Roissy from Conakry, only a few days after I took oce.
Le nekaj dni po tem, ko sem nastopila funkcijo predsednice, so na pariškem letališču Roissy v prostoru za kolesa letala iz Conakryja našli mrtva mladoletna Gvinejca.
There was my first visit abroad, which I decided would be to Kosovo, for whose shameful martyrdom we were collectively responsible for too long.
Za prvo pot v tujino sem namerno izbrala Kosovo, čigar kalvarija je bila vse predolgo naša skupna sramota.
There was the repeated public condemnation of ETA’s murderous acts perpetuated in the Basque country, in Spain, which I visited on seven occasions to express Parliament’s support to that violence-stricken country.
Pomemben dogodek v času mojega predsedovanja je bil skupni obisk predsednika izraelskega kneseta Avrahama Burga in predsednika palestinskega zakonodajnega sveta Ahmeda Corria.
There was the joint visit by Avraham Burg, President of the Knesset, and Ahmed Corrie, President of the Palestinian Legislative Council, on 4 September 2000.
Njun nastop na plenarnem zasedanju 4. septembra 2000 je na našo skupščino naredil globok vtis.
Members of our Parliament were deeply marked by their statements in plenary.
Vtis dveh mož, ki se spoštujeta, medsebojno cenita in si silovito prizadevata za mir v svojih državah.
Although, to our huge disappointment, the infernal spiral of violence, insecurity and repression resumed in the weeks that followed, the message delivered by these two men of conviction and courage was an intense experience for our Parliament: both of them told us about their profound hope that the European Parliament would become more closely involved in the peace process.
In čeprav je v naslednjih tednih na naše velikansko razočaranje prišlo do ponovnega stopnjevanja nasilja, negotovosti in represije, je naša skupščina dojela jasno sporočilo, ki sta nam ga posredovala ta dva moža trdnih prepričanj in poguma: veliko pričakovanje, da se bo Evropski parlament še bolj dejavno vključil v mirovni proces.
This historic visit was followed by the award of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to a Palestinian father whose son had been killed in an Israeli raid, and an Israeli mother whose daughter had died in a Palestinian bomb attack, and whose speech brought tears to the eyes of many Members.
Temu zgodovinskemu obisku je nekaj kasneje sledila podelitev nagrade Saharova za svobodo misli palestinskemu očetu, ki je v izraelskem napadu izgubil sina, in izraelski materi, katere hči je bila žrtev palestinskega napada.
There was my visit, a few months earlier, to Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon, in the same spirit.
Nekaj mesecev pred tem sem v istem duhu obiskala Izrael, Palestino, Jordanijo in Libanon.
There was my speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem on that occasion, which, though strongly worded, did not meet with a hostile reception.
V Jeruzalemu sem v svojem govoru pred knesetom uporabila močne besede, ki pa vseeno niso naletele na nasprotovanje.
There was the first world interparliamentary conference against the death penalty, co-chaired by the European Parliament, in Strasbourg.
V tistem času je bila v Strasbourgu organizirana prva svetovna medparlamentarna konferenca proti smrtni kazni, ki ji je sopredsedoval Evropski parlament.
There were the ‘street children’, as they are called in Africa, the forgotten victims of extreme poverty, whom I went to meet in Ouagadougou.
V Ouagadougouju me je zaznamovalo srečanje z otroki z ulice, ali kot jim pravijo v Afriki, izgubljenimi psički bede brez ovratnice.
There was commander Massoud, whom I visited in Strasbourg, with the cooperation of General Morillon and the support of the Conference of Presidents, and who was on his first visit to Europe.
S sodelovanjem generala Morillona in s podporo konference predsednikov sem v Strasbourg povabila poveljnika Masuda, ki je tedaj prvič pripotoval v Evropo.
Members of Parliament were impressed by his intelligence, charismatic personality and deep respect for human dignity.
Ni nas prišel prosit pomoči za vojskovanje, prosil nas je, da pomagamo pri vzpostavitvi miru.
The invitation I had addressed to him was a political recognition of all that this outstanding figure stood for.
Prišel je tudi, da nas opozori na nevarnost „talibanizacije“, grožnje, ki je visela nad vso regijo in je bila tesno povezana s teroristično Al Kaido.
contribution to the restoration of peace and freedom in Afghanistan, a country devastated by fanaticism and the murderous folly of the Taliban.
Moje povabilo je bilo politično priznanje za vse, kar je s svojo izjemno osebnostjo predstavljal.
The European Parliament was alone in receiving him ocially.
Izkazalo je našo voljo, da prispevamo k ponovnemu miru in svobodi v Afganistanu, opustošenem zaradi fanatizma in morilske norije talibanov.
Four months later, on 9 September 2001, he was assassinated, and on 11 September, the world was suddenly made aware, through the World Trade Centre tragedy, of the horric danger which terrorism posed to the international community.
Evropski parlament je bil edini, ki je Masuda uradno sprejel.
Commander Massoud’s visit to our Parliament is still vividly remembered in Europe, as well as among the people of Afghanistan, who will never forget the support which the European Parliament gave to its hero and to its struggle.
Štiri mesece kasneje, 9 septembra 2001, je bil ubit, 11. septembra pa je svet ob tragediji svetovnega trgovinskega centra odkril strašljivo nevarnost, ki jo terorizem predstavlja za vso mednarodno skupnost.
There were the three Afghan women, covered from head to toe by their sinister-looking burkas, whom I was able to receive in Strasbourg, giving them an opportunity to express their feeling of isolation.
Obisk poveljnika Masuda v Evropskem parlamentu se je za zmerom vtisnil v evropsko javno mnenje, živ pa ostaja tudi med afganistanskim ljudstvom, ki ne bo nikoli pozabilo podpore, ki jo je naša ustanova izkazala njihovemu junaku in s tem njihovemu boju.
There were the formal statements to the Heads of State and of Government of the Union at the opening of each European Summit, and in particular in Lisbon in 2000, where I called on them not to allow economic competition to become a jungle in which the weakest sections of society would be sacriced.
V Strasbourgu sem namenoma sprejela tudi tri afganistanske ženske, zakrite od glave do nog z zloveščo burko, da so lahko glasno spregovorile o svoji ječi.
There was, lastly, in December 2001, the privilege I had in Nice, as President of Parliament, to sign the Charter of Fundamental Rights of all the citizens of the European Union, of which Parliament had been the initiator.
In še častni dogodek za konec: kot predsednica Evropskega parlamenta sem decembra 2001 v Nici podpisala listino o temeljnih pravicah vseh državljanov Evropske unije, za katero je dal pobudo prav Evropski parlament.
This text was adapted and signed again by Hans-Gert Pöttering on 13 December 2007 so that it would acquire legal status in the new Treaty on European Union.
Prenovljeno besedilo je 13 decembra 2007 ponovno podpisal Hans-Gert Pöttering in bo v novi pogodbi o Evropski uniji dobilo ustrezno pravno vrednost.
This event is an extremely signicant illustration of the continuity of the work carried out by the Presidents.
Dogodek torej, ki še prav posebej ponazarja nepretrganost predsedniškega dela.
JANUARY 2002 JULY 2004
JANUAR 2002JULIJ 2004
The mission of President of the European Parliament is easier to describe than to full.
Poslanstvo predsednika Evropskega parlamenta je lažje opisati kot izpolniti.
In marking the institution’s fiftieth anniversary at the invitation of my friend, former colleague and successor, President Hans-Gert Pöttering, by reecting on some key moments, there were many to choose from.
Ob petdeseti obletnici delovanja te institucije sem prejel vabilo mojega prijatelja, nekdanjega kolega in naslednika, predsednika Hansa-Gerta Pötteringa. Razmišljal sem o nekaterih ključnih trenutkih in izbira je bila velika.
Revisiting a speech delivered at the end of my mandate recalled the intensity of the role.
Ob ponovnem branju govora, ki sem ga imel ob koncu svojega mandata, sem se spomnil na intenzivnost svoje vloge.
Yet through all of this there was one constant heartbeat.
Kljub vsemu pa je vse skupaj imelo svoj stalen ritem.
It began in the year of my election to the Parliament when I could neither anticipate nor imagine ever having the privilege of being President.
Začelo se je v letu moje izvolitve v Parlament, ko nisem mogel pričakovati, niti si nisem predstavljal, da bom nekoč imel privilegij biti predsednik.
Nineteen eighty nine was a special year, an annus mirabilis.
Leto tisoč devetsto devetinosemdeset je bilo posebno, čudežno leto.
For the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe it was the year that marked a new beginning.
Za ljudstva srednje in vzhodne Evrope je bilo to leto, ki je prineslo nov začetek.
When the Berlin Wall collapsed on 9th November 1989 decades of yearning for freedom found expression.
Ko je 9. novembra 1989 padel berlinski zid, so na dan privrela desetletja koprnenja po svobodi.
It carried echoes from the streets of Budapest in 1956 to the decade long courageous struggle of Solidarnosc in Poland.
Slišal se je odmev z ulic Budimpešte iz leta 1956 in desetletnega pogumnega boja Solidarnosti na Poljskem, preko žametne revolucije v Pragi in pojočih revolucij v baltskih državah.
It carried through to Prague’s Velvet revolution and to the singing revolutions in the Baltic States.
Ta odmev je na koncu povzročil razpad Sovjetske zveze in ponovno združitev Nemčije.
The spirit of what happened in Berlin that November was a breath of fresh air.
Dogodki v Berlinu so tistega novembra prinesli nov veter.
As a first time MEP, elected only months earlier, I breathed in its intoxicating oxygen of change.
Kot poslanec Evropskega parlamenta v prvem mandatu, izvoljen le nekaj mesecev prej, sem vdihoval opojni vonj po spremembah.
By the time I had the privilege to serve as President of the European Parliament in 2002 the maturing pathway of these states and peoples towards their EU accession had reached its moment of deni-tion.
Do leta 2002, ko sem imel privilegij služiti kot predsednik Evropskega parlamenta, so te države in ljudstva dozoreli na poti do vstopa v EU.
D tory and not by choice, to share common values and prosperity was the overarching political priority and consuming passion of that mandate.
Skupna politična naloga in vroča želja tega mandata je bila združitev Evrope, ločene zaradi moreče teže zgodovine, ne po lastni želji, in prizadevanje za skupne vrednote in blagostanje.
As parliamentarians we contributed much to that task.
Parlamentarci smo k tej nalogi veliko prispevali.
Through the dedicated work of the Foreign Aairs Committee and its rapporteurs, through the actions of the Joint Parliamentary Delegations and the Political Groups, through the Bureau and the Conference of Presidents, the European Parliament helped to move the debate on from the unavoidable monotony of the acquis communautaire to the vitality of the moment.
Preko požrtvovalnega dela Odbora za zunanje zadeve in njegovih poročevalcev, preko dejavnosti skupnih parlamentarnih delegacij in političnih skupin, preko predsedstva in konference predsednikov je Evropski parlament prispeval svoj delež, da smo z razprave o neizogibno enoličnem pravnem redu Skupnosti prešli na vitalnost trenutka.
We brought the animation of parliamentary politics to bear on the challenge.
K izzivu smo dodali živahnost parlamentarne politike.
We encouraged the necessary compromises within and between the European institutions and the member and accession states.
Spodbujali smo potrebne kompromise v Evropskih institucijah in med njimi ter med članicami in državami pristopnicami.
We reached agreement on the budgetary and financial perspectives needed to accommodate this historic change.
Dosegli smo sporazum o proračunskih in finančnih perspektivah, ki so bile potrebne za prilagoditev tej zgodovinski spremembi.
We sought to communicate a sense of the excitement of the project to public opinion.
Javnosti smo želeli sporočiti naše navdušenje nad tem projektom.
We gave our assent to the Accession Treaty, an indispensable prerequisite for its adoption by the national parliaments.
Dali smo soglasje k pristopni pogodbi, ki je bilo bistvenega pomena za njeno sprejetje v nacionalnih parlamentih.
We did all that duty demanded of us and we did more.
Naredili smo, kar so od nas pričakovali, in še več.
The accession states themselves were going through an extraordinary double transformation as they travelled from communism to market economy towards their membership of the European Union. Their lead-
Same države pristopnice so bile v obdobju izjemne dvojne preobrazbe, saj so od komunizma prehajale k tržnemu gospodarstvu, obenem pa so bile na poti k članstvu v Evropski uniji.
D ers and their parliamentarians carried a heavy responsibility.
Njihovi voditelji in parlamentarci so nosili težko odgovornost.
In a symbolic pre-accession act of political solidarity, the European Parliament invited the participation of observer MPs from all the candidate states.
V simbolnem predpristopnem aktu politične solidarnosti je Evropski parlament k sodelovanju povabil poslance opazovalce iz vseh držav pristopnic.
We first met in Strasbourg in November 2002 before the important staging post of the Copenhagen Summit that December, observing that it would give us in the European Parliament the opportunity to cope with Europe’s new political and cultural diversity and respectively allow us to engage in a process of mutual understanding and political socialisation.
Prvič smo se srečali novembra 2002 v Strasbourgu pred prelomnim vrhom v Kopenhagnu decembra istega leta, da bi v Evropskem parlamentu dobili priložnost za obvladovanje nove evropske politične in kulturne raznolikosti in bi tako lahko sodelovali v procesu medsebojnega razumevanja in politične socializacije.
It was an early investment in the necessary relationship building at a personal, political and institutional level and an early rehearsal for a future reality.
To je bila zgodnja naložba v potrebno gradnjo odnosa na osebni, politični in institucionalni ravni in generalka za prihajajočo realnost.
Introducing that debate I remarked that: ‘As politicians we are challenged before history successfully to conclude this truly continental scale act of reconciliation and healing.
Takrat sem izjavil, da „smo kot politiki pred zgodovinskim izzivom, da uspešno zaključimo to dejanje sprave in celjenja ran na celini.
As parliamentarians we are challenged to give leadership, to win the calculus of public consent in the member states and the accession states alike.
Kot parlamentarci moramo zagotoviti vodstvo, pridobiti podporo javnosti v državah članicah in prav tako v državah pristopnicah.
There is no public relations or information campaign that substitutes for real politics based on conviction and reason.
Odnosi z javnostmi ali informativne kampanje ne morejo nadomestiti resnične politike, ki temelji na prepričanosti in utemeljevanju.
Now is the time for politicians to repossess the enlargement agenda from the experts who have prepared the way.’
Zdaj je čas, ko morajo politiki prevzeti načrt širitve od strokovnjakov, ki so tlakovali pot“.
In an historic vote on 9 April 2003, Parliament adopted a resolution on the conclusion of the negotiations on enlargement in Copenhagen and formally gave its assent to the membership applications of the ten
Z zgodovinskim glasovanjem 9. aprila 2003 je Parlament v Kopenhagnu sprejel resolucijo o zaključku pogajanj o širitvi in uradno soglašal s prošnjami za članstvo desetih držav, ki so končale pogajanja.
This enabled the Accession Treaty to be signed at a special event in Athens only days later.
Tako je bila pristopna pogodba lahko na posebnem dogodku v Atenah le nekaj dni pozneje podpisana.
That was when, in an unprecedented step, members of the national parliaments of all the acceding countries were invited to participate regularly in the work of the European Parliament as observers, from 1 May 2003 until their accessions were fully realised.
Takrat so bili poslanci nacionalnih parlamentov držav pristopnic povabljeni k sodelovanju pri delu Evropskega parlamenta kot opazovalci, od 1. maja 2003 pa vse do pristopa.
As the process of enlargement deepened it took on an inclusive and irreversible character.
S poglabljanjem je proces širitve postajal vključujoč in nepreklicen.
In matters of content and calendar the European Parliament throughout this period was a leader and not just a follower of events.
V smislu vsebine in časovnega razporeda je bil Evropski parlament v tem obdobju voditelj in ne le zasledovalec dogodkov.
It was a source of a great pride to me, as an Irish European, that when the new European Union of 25 was born ocially, it should be celebrated in Dublin on 1 May 2004 during such a successful Irish EU Presidency.
Kot irski Evropejec sem zelo ponosen, da je bilo praznovanje rojstva nove Evrope s petindvajsetimi članicami predvideno 1. maja 2004 v Dublinu, v času zelo uspešnega irskega predsedovanja EU.
However, as European Parliament President, my sense of duty would have been to do so in Parliament in Strasbourg just weeks before the continental scale upcoming parliamentary elections in June of that year, underlining its role as the theatre of European politics.
Kljub temu pa mi je kot predsedniku Evropskega parlamenta občutek dolžnosti narekoval, da bi bilo ustrezno praznovanje v Parlamentu v Strasbourgu le nekaj tednov pred prihajajočimi volitvami na ravni celine junija istega leta, kar bi podkrepilo njegovo vlogo odra evropske politike.
Preferences for participation in traditional May Day events and weekend electoral imperatives ensured that months in advance no consensus was available among the parliament’s leadership for this latter proposition.
Zaradi tradicionalnih dogodkov ob prazniku dela in volitev ob koncu tedna nekaj mesecev prej nismo mogli doseči soglasja v vodstvu Parlamenta glede slednjega predloga.
So it was that on Monday 3 May 2004 in Strasbourg the European Parliament marked the dawn of its new era.
In tako je v ponedeljek, 3. maja 2004, v Strasbourgu Evropski parlament zaznamoval rojstvo nove dobe.
The entrance to the Parliament in Strasbourg greeted the visitor with sixteen tall flagpoles flying the twelve gold stars of the European Union and the national flags of the fifteen member states.
Ob vhodu v Parlament v Strasbourgu je obiskovalca pozdravilo šestnajst visokih drogov z zastavo Evropske unije z dvanajstimi zlatimi zvezdami in z nacionalnimi zastavami petnajstih držav članic.
Ten new states would necessitate ten new flagpoles.
Deset novih držav bi potrebovalo deset novih drogov.
These were of a sucient size and potential price as to require, under EU law, a public tender.
Njihova velikost in potencialna cena sta bili zadosten razlog, da je bil po zakonodaji EU potreben javni razpis.
This in its turn could be won by any number of suppliers from any number of states.
Na tem razpisu bi lahko zmagalo več dobaviteljev iz več držav.
Symbolically, in my view, these had to come from only one place, the shipyards of Gdansk.
Po moje mnenju bi morali biti ti drogovi simbolično iz enega samega kraja, iz ladjedelnice v Gdansku.
Months earlier this led me to discuss the possibility with the Polish Prime Minister, Lezek Miller, of a gift of the flagpoles from Poland.
Nekaj mesecev pred tem sem se s poljskim predsednikom vlade Lezekom Millerjem pogovarjal o možnosti, da Poljska podari te drogove.
To my great delight he agreed immediately.
Na moje veliko veselje se je takoj strinjal.
When we gathered in Strasbourg late on the first afternoon of this final session before the European Parliament elections of 2004 the gifts to Europe from Gdansk stood tall ; Lech Walesa, whose moral courage and fortitude personied the struggle for freedom ; the value and values of Solidarity now consummated by this ambitious accession and the flagpoles themselves, sturdy and silent witnesses, awaiting the symbolic parliamentary unfurling of the Union’s newest member states.
Ko smo se zbrali v Strasbourgu pozno popoldan na prvi dan zadnjega zasedanja pred volitvami v Evropski parlament leta 2004, je darilo Poljske Evropi že ponosno stalo; Lech Walesa, čigar moralni pogum in moč sta poosebljala boj za svobodo, vrednost in vrednote Solidarnosti, ki so se izrazile v tem ambicioznem pristopu, in zastavni drogovi, vztrajne in tihe priče, so čakali na simbolično parlamentarno razvitje zastav najnovejših članic Unije.
The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and Irish poet, Seamus Heaney wrote: ‘on a day when newcomers appear, let it be a homecoming’.
Dobitnik Nobelove nagrade za literaturo in irski pesnik Seamus Heaney je zapisal: „na dan, ko pridejo novinci, naj pridejo domov“.
This was such a day.
To je bil takšen dan. Prišli so domov.
What would have seemed an impossible dream in 1989 when first I arrived as a member of the European Parliament now was a reality and by my side stood Lech Walesa ‘as a visible sign of the struggle for a united Europe.’
Kar so bile leta 1989, ko sem prvič postal poslanec Evropskega parlamenta, nemogoče sanje, je zdaj postalo resničnost in ob meni je stal Lech Walensa kot „vidni simbol boja za združeno Evropo“.
It would be easy to suggest an exaggerated role for the European Parliament or for oneself in this extraordinary journey.
Preprosto bi bilo pretiravati glede vloge Parlamenta ali glede lastne vloge pri tem izjemnem popotovanju.
A sense of proportionality, knowledge of the political and institutional complexity and a sense of history would suggest a more modest claim.
Občutek za sorazmernost, znanje o politični in institucionalni kompleksnosti ter občutek za zgodovino pa zahtevajo, da si lastimo le majhen del zaslug.
In essence, we were called upon to do our duty before our fellow Europeans, true to our vocation as directly elected European parliamentarians.
V bistvu smo bili pozvani, da opravimo svojo dolžnost do Evropejcev, zvesti svojemu poslanstvu kot neposredno izvoljeni evropski parlamentarci.