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The C o R : a political forum
Regionkommittïn: ett politiskt debattforum
Guest speakers at plenary sessions
Inbjudna gêsttalare vid plenarsessionerna
During the plenary sessions in the years 1994›2004, the Committee of the Regions has been honoured to welcome and debate with important politicians, and has thus ful«lled one of its original callings: to become a real political forum serving the citizens of the European Union.
Vid plenarsessionerna under ìren 1994›2004 har Regionkommittïn h a Π êran att bjuda in framstìende politiker till debatt. Kommittïn har dêrigenom uppfyllt en av sina ursprungliga u p p g i Π e r , nêmligen att utgûra ett verkligt •politiskt debattforum• i EU-medborgarnas tjênst.
Mr DELORS, President of the European Commission
Jacques Delors, ordfûrande fûr Europeiska kommissionen
`European integration can no longer be taken for granted.
•Den europeiska integrationen êr inte lêngre sjêlvklar. Fûr att den skall kunna drivas vidare krêvs stûrre engagemang, ‹era konkreta framsteg och ett mer omfattande deltagande frìn medborgarnas sida.
Τe Committee of the Regions will be a unique body on the political scene, by virtue of its tremendously diverse makeup.
Regionkommittïn êr ett unikt organ pì det institutionella schackbrêdet tack vare den oerhûrda mìngfalden i kommittïns sammansêttning. R e K kommer att kunna utûva en mycket speciell makt grundad pì sakkunskap och in‹ytande.• t t f o r u m ̌ 1 9 9 4 › 2 0 0 4
President Delors went on to say that the Committee of the Regions has a heavy responsibility: «rstly, to increase citizens' sense of belonging to the Union, and secondly, to warn the Community institutions about the risks of any kind of slippage.
Jacques Delors sade d ê r e Π e r att Regionkommittïn har ett tungt ansvar: dels skall Regionkommittïn stêrka medborgarnas kênsla av tillhûrighet till unionen, dels skall kommittïn varna ûvriga gemenskapsinstitutioner om EU riskerar att spìra ur pì nìgot sêtt.
`At last, a few months a Π e r the Treaty on European Union entered into force, the Committee of the Regions has become a reality.
•Nìgra mìnader e Π e r det att EU-fûrdraget trêdde i k r a Π har nu Regionkommittïn êntligen blivit en realitet.
I am delighted, in my capacity as President of the Council of the European Union, to be able to take part in this inaugural session today.
Jag êr mycket lycklig ûver att jag som ordfûrande i Europeiska unionens rìd fìr delta i dagens konstituerande sammantrêde.
From the start, the Greek Presidency has shown a special interest in this project, and it is natural that this presidency should be celebrating on this day, when the e C o r t s have paid o C and the circle has been completed by the o D c i a l creation of the Committee of the Regions. („)'
Det grekiska ordfûrandeskapet har frìn bûrjan hyst ett sêrskilt intresse fûr detta projekt och det êr dêrfûr naturligt att vi i dag glêder oss ûver att anstrêngningarna har lyckats och att cirkeln sluts i och med Regionkommittïns o D c i e l l a grundande. [„] Inrêttandet av Regionkommittïn êr en viktig politisk hêndelse.
`Τe creation of the Committee of the Regions is an important political step. Alongside the European Parliament, it symbolises European citizenship and is the embodiment of the principle of subsidiarity, and thus an additional institutional means of reducing the democratic de«cit.'
Tillsammans med Europaparlamentet symboliserar kommittïn det europeiska medborgarskapet och fûrkroppsligar subsidiaritetsprincipen, dvs. den kompletterar institutionerna och kan verka fûr att minska det 'demokratiska underskottet'.•
`Τe Committee of the Regions, which stands at the crossroads where the European and national institutions meet with the citizens, will from now on allow the peoples of Europe to make their voice heard in the Union in a formal, o D c i a l manner at every level of the democratic system.
•I den vêgkorsning dêr de europeiska och nationella instanserna mûter medborgarna be«nner sig Regionkommittïn, som frìn och med nu ger Europas folk mûjlighet att gûra sig hûrda pì ett o C e n t l i g t och ûppet sêtt i EU, pì alla nivìer i det demokratiska systemet.
Τe Committee of the Regions thus helps to broaden the Union's democratic base.'
Regionkommittïn bidrar hêrigenom till att vidga Europeiska unionens demokratiska bas.•
`Today's meeting marks the start of real work for the Committee of the Regions.
•Regionkommittïn inleder med dagens plenarsession konkret sitt arbete.
I would like to thank you for inviting me to attend this «rst `working meeting'.
Jag tackar er fûr att ni har bjudit in mig till det som pì sêtt och vis êr kommittïns 'fûrsta arbetsmûte'.
I would also like to take this opportunity to wish the Committee of the Regions every success in its future work.
Jag vill ta tillfêllet i akt att ûnska Regionkommittïn stor framgìng i sitt kommande arbete.
I hope that the presentation of regional concerns and the speci«c interests of citizens will be a valuable and indispensable component of European integration policy.'
Jag hoppas att presentationen av de regionala intressena och av medborgarnas speci«ka intressen kommer att bli ett viktigt inslag i den europeiska integrationsprocessen.•
`Over the coming years, the countries of Europe will have to overcome challenges, most of them caused by history and the international environment, and not by European integration.
•Under de nêrmaste ìren mìste Europas lênder klara av svìrigheter som i fûrsta hand orsakas av historien och den internationella miljûn och inte av den europeiska integrationen.
Even for those who have no European ideals, European integration can at the very least be the means that enables each European country to adapt to what experts call ƒeconomic globalisation•.'
Och êven fûr dem som inte har nìgot europeiskt ideal, skulle den europeiska integrationen êndì ytterst kunna framstì som ett verktyg som de europeiska lênderna kan anvênda fûr att anpassa sig till det som experterna kallar 'vêrldens och ekonomins globalisering'.•
Mr MILLAN, Member of the European Commission responsible for regional development
Bruce Millan, kommissionsledamot med ansvar fûr regional utveckling
`I have always believed in the need to give a voice to regions and local authorities in the decision mechanism process of the Union.
Jag har alltid ansett att man mìste ge regionerna och de lokala myndigheterna in‹ytande ûver EU:s beslutsprocess.
Τe creation of your Committee is an important «rst step and the Commission looks forward to working with you in the coming months and years.'
Inrêttandet av Regionkommittïn êr ett viktigt fûrsta steg i denna riktning och kommissionen glêder sig redan i fûrvêg ûver att fì arbeta tillsammans med er under de mìnader och ìr som fûljer.•
Mr LANDÈBURU, Director-General DG XVI
Eneko Landèburu, generaldirektûr vid GD XVI (Regionalpolitik och sammanhìllning)
`Τe creation of the Committee of the Regions is an important step towards a gradual reduction of the European Union's democratic de«cit; its members have the potential to become the principal players in launching the policy of economic and social cohesion.
•Inrêttandet av Regionkommittïn utgûr ett viktigt steg i riktning mot en gradvis minskning av det demokratiska underskottet i Europeiska unionen; dess ledamûter
In this way, we draw ever closer to the citizens and can give them a clearer, more concrete image of Europe.'
Pì detta sêtt kan vi komma allt nêrmare medborgarna och ge dem en tydligare och mer konkret bild av Europa.•
In the course of its plenary sessions in 1994, the Committee of the Regions adopted 21 referral opinions and six own-initiative opinions, making a total of 27 documents.
Vid plenarsessionerna ìr 1994 antog Regionkommittïn 21 remissyttranden och 6 initiativyttranden, dvs. totalt 27 dokument.
Members' attendance
Deltagande ledamûter
M e m b e r s ' a t t e n d a n c e
Deltagande ledamûter
Total number of members
Totalt antal ledamûter
Members' attendance by country
Ledamûternas deltagande fûrdelat pì medlemsstat
Percentage of members present
Ordinarie ledamûter
Council P r e s i d e n c y F r a n c e / S p a i n
Rìdets o r d f û r a n d e s k a p F r a n k r i k e /S p a n i e n
X ODcial accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European U n i o n X Appointment of members of the Commission for a «ve-year term
X Ûsterrike, Finland och Sverige ansluts o D c i e l l t till Europeiska unionen.X Kommissionêrer utses fûr en mandatperiod pì fem ìr.
X Entry into force of the Schengen Agreement (phasing out of controls at shared borders and introduction of a regime of free movement of persons)
X Schengenavtalet trêder i k r a Π (successiv avveckling av grênskontroller vid gemensamma grênser och inrêttande av ett system med fri rûrlighet fûr personer).
Ms WULF-MATHIES, Member of the European Commission responsible for regional policy, relations with the C o R and the Cohesion Fund
Monika Wulf-Mathies, kommissionsledamot med ansvar fûr regionalpolitik och fûrbindelserna med Regionkommittïn och Sammanhìllningsfonden
`I am convinced that European policies, in particular regional policy, need to be better rooted in the cities and regions, and we need to speak to people above all in those places where their interests lie.
•Jag êr ûvertygad om att EU-politiken, och i synnerhet regionalpolitiken, mìste fûrankras bêttre i stêderna och regionerna och att vi i huvudsak mìste nì medborgarna pì den nivì dêr de har sitt intressecentrum.
We need our policies constantly to engage with citizens, which is why the existence of the Committee of the Regions is a good thing.'
Det mìste «nnas en stêndig vêxelverkan mellan vìr politik och medborgarna och det êr i detta sammanhang som Regionkommittïn fyller en viktig funktion.•
Mr SPECIALE, Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Regional Policy
Roberto Speciale, ordfûrande i Europaparlamentets regionalpolitiska utskott
`A place is reserved for your at our committee meetings, and we make a commitment to make all our documentation available to you.'
•Det «nns en plats reserverad ìt er vid vìra utskottsmûten och vi lovar att ni skall fì tillgìng till alla vìra dokument.•
Representatives of new countries joining the European Union
Representanter fûr de nya medlemsstaterna
`Our wish, as Austrians, is to strengthen the Committee of the Regions in a targeted manner.
•Vi ûsterrikare vill stêrka Regionkommittïn pì ett mìlinriktat sêtt.
Τanks to its existence as an o D c i a l body, the regions already have a foot in the door.
Tack vare inrêttandet av kommittïn har regionerna redan kunnat ûppna dûrren pì glênt.
Τe Maastricht Treaty has already given subsidiarity the status of a structural principle in the future European Union.
Genom Maastrichtfûrdraget har subsidiaritetsprincipen redan hûjts till en vêgledande princip fûr den framtida unionen.
We have high expectations of cooperation within the EU.
Vi har hûga fûrvêntningar pì samarbetet inom EU.
We are in favour of creating a network of contacts between eastern and western Europe, we want to develop the Baltic area, and above all, we want our e C o r t s to convince the other countries of the EU that they made the right choice in allowing Finland to join the European Union.'
Vi medverkar till att etablera ett kontaktnêt mellan Ûsteuropa och Vêsteuropa, vi vill
`Sweden has joined the European Union, and those of us who are part of Swedish regional and local authorities with decision-making powers intend to work with you in the Committee of the Regions in order to involve citizens as directly and as closely as possible in the EU's decision-making institutions.'
•Sverige har gìtt med i EU, och vi som tillhûr de lokala och regionala myndigheter i Sverige som har beslutsbefogenheter vill gêrna samarbeta med er i Regionkommittïn fûr att i hûgre grad och pì ett sì direkt sêtt som mûjligt gûra medborgarna delaktiga i EU:s beslutsprocess.•
She explained that the European Commission had approved a code of conduct aimed at guiding and strengthening the cooperation between the Commission and the Committee of the Regions.
Monika Wulf-Mathies fûrklarade att Europeiska kommissionen hade antagit en uppfûrandekodex i s y Π e att stêrka och ge konkret innehìll ìt samarbetet mellan kommissionen och Regionkommittïn.
He described the Committee of the Regions as a `major political assembly' and declared, with reference to relations between the Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament, that `the European Union needs them both, as we are not competitors, but rather partners with complementary roles'.
Klaus Hênsch beskrev Regionkommittïn som •en viktig politisk fûrsamling• och fûrklarade med avseende pì fûrbindelserna mellan Regionkommittïn och Europaparlamentet att •alla parter inom Europeiska unionen êr ûmsesidigt beroende av varandra e Π e r s o m vi inte êr konkurrenter, utan parter med kompletterande roller•.
Mr Hênsch therefore believed that the Committee of the Regions' request to be able to be consulted by the European Parliament was `likely to strengthen the links between the two bodies and, at the same time, the consultative power of the Committee of the Regions.'
Klaus Hênsch menade êven att Regionkommittïns begêran att kunna hûras av Europaparlamentet • s y Π a d e till att stêrka bìde fûrbindelserna mellan de tvì institutionerna och Regionkommittïns rìdgivande roll•.
A p o l i t i c a l f o r u m ̌ 1 9 9 4 › 2 0 0 4
Jacques Santer, ordfûrande fûr Europeiska kommissionen
`I know that you are committed, among other things, to reducing the distance between Brussels and our citizens.
•Jag vet att en viktig frìga fûr er êr att minska avstìndet mellan Bryssel och vìra medborgare.
You are extremely well placed to achieve this.
Med tanke pì er stêllning har ni mycket goda chanser att lyckas med det.
You know the everyday realities of regions, cities and towns.
Ni kênner till de konkreta fûrhìllandena i regionerna, stêderna och kommunerna.
Members of the public tell you about their hopes and fears.
Medborgarna informerar er om bekymmer och ûnskemìl.
`In the light of what has just been said, I sense that I am in good company in this forum.
Er kunskap och era erfarenheter bidrar till att berika gemenskapsdebatten.
As early as the beginning of February, the Committee of the Regions asked in its opinion that social and regional aspects of the information society be taken into account, and emphasised that the development of new technologies gives rise not only to hopes, but also to fears of the unknown. However, the aim of politics is
EΠersom ni nu har stûrre mûjligheter att bidra till utformningen av g e m e n s k a p s l a g s t i Π n i n g e n êr jag helt ûvertygad om att ni êr bêttre rustade att pì ett tydligt sêtt kunna klargûra EU:s politik fûr medborgarna och ûka deras fûrstìelse fûr den.•
to «ght fears about information and to ensure that people have equal opportunities to use it in a balanced way.'
•Med den stêmning som rìder hêr kênner jag att jag êr i gott sêllskap i detta forum.
`Moreover, the principal objective of regional policy is to prevent a two-speed telecommunications society from coming about.
Utûver det êr den centrala mìlsêttningen med regionalpolitiken att fûrhindra utvecklingen av ett telekommunikationssamhêlle i tvì hastigheter.
In its opinion on the European Union's action plan on the information society, the Committee of the Regions emphasised that guaranteed access for all to universal services was a key element in social cohesion.'
I sitt yttrande om Europeiska unionens handlingsplan om informationssamhêllet betonade Regionkommittïn att globala garantier fûr allmênnyttiga tjênster i unionen êr en avgûrande faktor fûr den sociala sammanhìllningen.•
`I am here because I am well aware of the importance of this body in the institutional mechanism of the European Union.
•Jag êr hêr fûr att jag êr helt ûvertygad om vikten av detta organ inom EU:s institutionella system.
You represent the interests of local authorities, which are essential to making European integration a reality in the lives of our peoples.
Ni fûretrêder de lokala och regionala myndigheternas intressen som êr av avgûrande betydelse fûr vìra medborgare i byggandet av Europa.
Τe Committee of the Regions embodies closeness to the citizen.'
Regionkommittïn representerar utvecklingen mot ûkad nêrhet.• t t f o r u m ̌ 1 9 9 4 › 2 0 0 4 t t p o l i t i s k t d e b a E
In the course of its plenary sessions in 1995, the Committee of the Regions adopted 12 referral opinions and 26 own-initiative opinions, making a total of 38 documents.
Vid plenarsessionerna ìr 1995 antog Regionkommittïn 12 remissyttranden och 26 initiativyttranden, dvs. totalt 38 dokument.
Members' attendance by country
Ledamûternas deltagande per medlemsstat
Council P r e s i d e n c y I t a l y / I r e l a n d
Rìdets o r d f û r a n d e s k a p I t a l i e n / I r l a n d
X Entry into force of the customs union between the EU and Turkey
X Tullunionen mellan EU och Turkiet trêder i k r a Π . X Regeringskonferensen i Turin inleds med s y Π e att revidera gemenskapsfûrdragen.X Europeisk konferens om landsbygdsutveckling hìlls i Cork, Irland.
X Dublin Council ̌ agreement on procedures for implementing the single currency
X Europeiska rìdets mûte i Dublin › ûverenskommelse om tillvêgagìngssêtt vid infûrandet av en gemensam valuta.
Mr CHERNOFF, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Alexander Tcherno., ordfûrande fûr Europarìdets kommunalkongress (CLRAE)
He advocated closer coordination between the CLRAE and the Committee of the Regions in order better to defend the range of interests of regional and local authorities.
Alexander T c h e r n o C fûresprìkade en fastare samordning mellan den organisation han fûretrêder och Regionkommittïn i s y Π e att tillsammans kunna ta tillvara de lokala och regionala myndigheternas samtliga intressen pì ett lêmpligt sêtt.
She expressed the wish that the Committee help ensure that European regional policy serve to improve economic and social cohesion and sustainable development, which would make the Union more attractive.
I s y Π e att gûra EU attraktivare uttryckte Monika Wulf-Mathies ûnskemìl om att Regionkommittïn skulle bidra till att se till att den europeiska regionalpolitiken frêmjar den ekonomiska och sociala sammanhìllningen och en hìllbar utveckling.
However, she believed that it was primarily the role of regional and local authorities to implement programmes, with due respect for the environment.
Enligt hennes uppfattning êr det dock frêmst de lokala och regionala myndigheternas u p p g i Π att genomfûra de olika programmen med hênsyn till miljûn.
Mr CAVALCHINI, Italy's Permanent Representative to the European Communities
Luigi Cavalchini, Italiens stêndige representant vid Europeiska unionen t t f o r u m ̌ 1 9 9 4 › 2 0 0 4
He highlighted the importance of strengthening the concept of European citizenship, adding that this was an area where the Committee had an important role to play by bringing the citizen closer to the European institutions.
Luigi Cavalchini understrûk att det êr viktigt att stêrka begreppet EU-medborgarskap. Regionkommittïn har en viktig roll att spela i detta sammanhang, e Π e r s o m kommittïn bidrar till att fûra medborgarna nêrmare EU-institutionerna.
He congratulated the Committee of the Regions for its initiatives and its work and encouraged it to work towards shared aims, such as creating a more transparent and more democratic European Union that was closer to its people. Τis, he said, should be a major shared aim of the European Parliament, the regions, local authorities, and the whole of the European Union.
Roberto Speciale gratulerade Regionkommittïn till dess initiativ och arbeten och uppmuntrade kommittïn att samarbeta med Europaparlamentet fûr att skapa en Europeisk union som êr mer ûppen, mer demokratisk och som stìr nêrmare medborgarna, vilket bûr vara en gemensam mìlsêttning fûr Europaparlamentet, regionerna, de lokala enheterna och hela unionen.
He said that the institutional a C a i r s committee of the Parliament gave particular attention to the Committee of the Regions, because it was aware that the gulf between citizens and the institutions was narrowing thanks to the closer and more ‹exible relations enjoyed by the regional, local and Community levels.
Fernando Morèn framhûll att Europaparlamentets utskott fûr institutionella frìgor êgnar Regionkommittïn sêrskild uppmêrksamhet e Π e r s o m man êr medveten om att avstìndet mellan medborgarna och institutionerna minskar i takt med att samverkan pì lokal, regional och gemenskapsnivì blir allt mer intensiv och smidig.
He added that subsidiarity was beyond doubt a positive concept for the life of the Community, and that this principle should be applied at sub-State level.
Han menade att subsidiariteten utan tvivel utgûr ett positivt koncept fûr gemenskapen och êr en princip som bûr tillêmpas pì regionerna.
With respect to employment, he indicated that a fundamental part of strengthening all forms of dialogue between social partners and governments lay in subsidiarity.
Angìende sysselsêttningen framhûll Pietro Fassino att subsidiariteten kan bidra till att stêrka alla former av dialog mellan arbetsmarknadsparterna och regeringarna.
Mr FISCHLER, Member of the European Commission responsible for agriculture and rural development
Franz Fischler, kommissionsledamot med ansvar fûr jordbruk och landsbygdsutveckling
He welcomed the report on territorial employment pacts adopted by the Assembly; he was expecting very active support from the Committee of the Regions, as its experience enriched the debates on Community policies and helped people at the grass roots to understand them, thus bringing the European Union closer to its citizens.
Franz Fischler ûnskade ett fruktbart samarbete med Regionkommittïn, e Π e r s o m jordbruket berûr alla regioner i Europa och den gemensamma jordbrukspolitiken mìste beakta mìngfalden inom EU.
Baroness WILLIAMS, former British Minister for Employment; Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
Jacques Santer, ordfûrande fûr Europeiska kommissionen t t f o r u m ̌ 1 9 9 4 › 2 0 0 4
She added, on this subject, that local and regional authorities could help create jobs at lower cost than could national governments, thanks to their practical local knowledge.
Han fûrklarade att han vêntade sig ett mycket aktivt stûd av Regionkommittïn som tack vare sin erfarenhet kan berika diskussionerna om gemenskapens politik och bidra till att skapa fûrstìelse fûr den pì grêsrotsnivì genom att fûra Europeiska unionen nêrmare dess medborgare.
Mr DELORS, former President of the European Commission
Lady Williams, tidigare arbetsmarknadsminister i Fûrenade kungariket, ledare fûr det liberaldemokratiska partiet i det brittiska ûverhuset
He emphasised that regions and local authorities had a key role to play in enabling a new model of development to emerge because, more o Π e n than not, regional leaders had a better understanding of the constraints to and opportunities for development than did the national level.
Lady Williams pìpekade att de regionala och lokala myndigheterna kan bidra till att skapa arbeten till en lêgre kostnad ên de nationella regeringarna e Π e r s o m de har mer praktisk erfarenhet pì grêsrotsnivì.
`It has been through working together that a Union has been created that is greater than the sum of its parts.
•Det êr genom samarbete som vi har lyckats skapa en union som êr stûrre ên summan av dess delar. Vi fìr inte vila pì vìra lagrar, utan bûr fullfûlja processen mot ett e C e k t i v a r e EU, ett EU som verkar fûr allas bêsta.•
She stressed the importance of the towns and regions in taking practical steps to promote equal opportunities between men and women; it was necessary to have local knowledge of situations that can vary greatly.
Simone Veil menade att det êr viktigt att de lokala och regionala myndigheterna i sì stor utstrêckning som mûjligt deltar i genomfûrandet av programmet fûr lika mûjligheter fûr kvinnor och mên, e Π e r s o m det krêvs kunskap om situationen pì lokal nivì, dêr skillnaderna i vissa fall kan vara mycket stora.
`On 6 November the Commission approved the Cohesion Report.
•Kommissionen antog den 6 november sin rapport om den ekonomiska och sociala sammanhìllningen.